Wind scour of Navajo sandstone at the wave (Central Colorado Plateau, U.S.A.)

Journal of Geology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-183

  Loope, David B ^a   Seiler, Winston M ^a,b   Mason, Joseph A ^a,c   Chan, Marjorie A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SANDSTONE; SCOUR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; WAVE; WIND EROSION;

ARIZONA; COLORADO PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 42949111554     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/528902     Document Type: Article

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