Controls on the height and spacing of eolian ripples and transverse dunes: A numerical modeling investigation

Geomorphology

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 322-333

  Pelletier, Jon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dunes; Eolian geomorphology; Numerical modeling; Ripples

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; BOUNDARY LAYER; DEPOSITION; DUNE; EOLIAN PROCESS; EROSION; GRAIN SIZE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIPPLE; SHEAR STRESS; SLOPE ANGLE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 60349100016     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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