Patterns of wind flow and aeolian deposition on a parabolic dune on the southeastern shore of Lake Michigan

Geomorphology

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 147-157

  Hansen, Edward ^a   DeVries Zimmerman, Suzanne ^a   van Dijk, Deanna ^b   Yurk, Brian ^c  

^a HOPE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal dunes; Lake Michigan; Parabolic dunes; Sand burial; Sand deposition

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETER; DEPOSITION; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; MASS MOVEMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TROUGH;

ASCENSION ISLAND; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; GREEN MOUNTAIN [ASCENSION ISLAND]; LAKE MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 59049106201     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.12.012     Document Type: Article

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