Investigating parabolic and nebkha dune formatrion using a cellular automaton modelling approach

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 724-740

  Nield, Joanna M ^a   Baas, Andreas C W ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Nebkhas; Parabolic dunes; Self organization; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR AUTOMATA; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ECOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; VEGETATION;

DUNE; ECOGEOMORPHIC INTERACTIONS;

SAND;

CELLULAR AUTOMATA; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ECOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SAND; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; VEGETATION;

ALGORITHM; CELLULAR AUTOMATON; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUNE FORMATION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FORMATION MECHANISM; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MODELING; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

PROSOPIS;

EID: 42949173655     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1571     Document Type: Article

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