Meteorological controls on sand transport and dune morphology in a polar-desert: Victoria Valley, Antarctica

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1875-1891

  Speirs, Johanna C ^a   McGowan, Hamish A ^a   Neil, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aeolian; Antarctica; Barchan dune; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Periglacial geomorphology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ENGINEERING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HEATING; MILITARY OPERATIONS; MORPHOLOGY; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOLAR HEATING; WIND; WIND EFFECTS;

AEOLIAN; ANTARCTICA; BARCHAN DUNE; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; PERIGLACIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY;

LANDFORMS;

BARCHAN; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN PROCESS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PERIGLACIAL LANDFORM; WIND VELOCITY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; VICTORIA VALLEY [EAST ANTARCTICA];

EID: 57749198001     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1739     Document Type: Conference Paper

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