Vegetation and induration as sand dunes stabilizators

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1357-1368

  Herrmann, Hans J ^a,b   Durán, Orencio ^c   Parteli, Eric J R ^a   Schatz, Volker ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Multi Scale Mechanics   (Netherlands)

^d FRAUNHOFER IOSB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aeolian transport; Dunes on Mars; Parabolic dunes; Sand dunes

Indexed keywords

BARCHAN; DUNE FORMATION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; MARS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALTATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VEGETATION;

EID: 57849112731     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/08A-0011.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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