Aeolian sediment transport on a beach: Thresholds, intermittency, and high frequency variability

Geomorphology

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 117-126

  Davidson Arnott, R G D ^a   Bauer, B O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aeolian sediment transport; Beach surface moisture; Fetch effect; Intermittency; Stochastic modelling

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SALTATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STOCHASTICITY; STORM SURGE; WIND VELOCITY;

CANADA; GREENWICH DUNES; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND [CANADA];

EID: 59049106852     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.02.018     Document Type: Article

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