Wind tunnel investigation of the influence of surface moisture content on the entrainment and erosion of beach sand by wind using sands from tropical humid coastal southern China

Geomorphology

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 230-237

  Han, Qingjie ^a,b   Qu, Jianjun ^a,b   Zhang, Kecun ^a   Zu, Ruiping ^a   Niu, Qinghe ^a   Liao, Kongtai ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Entrainment; Erosion; Moisture content; Southern China; Tropical humid coast; Wind tunnel experiment

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EROSION; DESERTIFICATION; DUNE FORMATION; ENTRAINMENT; MOISTURE CONTENT; PARTICLE MOTION; PARTICLE SIZE; SAND; SHEAR FLOW; TROPICAL REGION; VELOCITY PROFILE; WIND EROSION; WIND TUNNEL; WIND VELOCITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 58249141110     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.08.016     Document Type: Article

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