Groundwater salinity as a control on development of eolian landscape: An example from the White Sands of New Mexico

Geomorphology

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 39-49

  Langford, Richard P ^a   Rose, Jessica M ^b   White, Diane E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b Southwestern Energy Company   (United States)

^c Holloman AFB   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Holocene; Landscape stability; Parabolic dune; Sand transport; Water table

Indexed keywords

BARCHAN; DUNE FIELD; DUNE FORMATION; EOLIAN PROCESS; GPS; GROUNDWATER; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; SALINITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; WATER TABLE;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WHITE SANDS;

EID: 59049107802     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.01.020     Document Type: Article

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