Origin of a complex and spatially diverse dune-field pattern, Algodones, southeastern California

Geomorphology

Volumn 99, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 186-204

  Derickson, Dana ^a   Kocurek, Gary ^a   Ewing, Ryan C ^a   Bristow, Charlie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeolian dune patterns; Algodones; Boundary conditions; Dune pattern analysis; Dunes; GPR

Indexed keywords

ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY CONDITION; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; LINEATION; OROGRAPHY;

ALGODONES DUNES; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44749092170     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.10.016     Document Type: Article

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