The history and nature of wind erosion in deserts

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue , 2008, Pages 97-119

  Goudie, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deflation; Dust; Pans; Stone pavements; Yardangs

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; ARID REGIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; DEPOSITS; DUST; GAS DYNAMICS; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MECHANICS; SORTING; SPACE OPTICS; STORMS;

BIO-TURBATION; CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA; DRYLANDS; DUST ACCRETION; DUST STORMS; FROST ACTION; HOT SPOTTING; LAKE BEDS; OVERLAND FLOW; SORTING PROCESSES; UNIDIRECTIONAL (UD); WIND EROSIONS; WIND VELOCITIES;

EROSION;

ACCRETION; AERODYNAMICS; BEDROCK; DEFLATION; DESERT; DUST; DUST STORM; HISTORY; ICE CORE; LOESS; SORTING; WIND EROSION; WIND FORCING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 45849124552     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.36.031207.124353     Document Type: Article

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