Geomorphological hierarchies for complex mega-dunes and their implications for mega-dune evolution in the Badain Jaran Desert

Geomorphology

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 180-185

  Dong, Zhibao ^a,b   Qian, Guangqiang ^b   Luo, Wanyin ^b   Zhang, Zhengcai ^b   Xiao, Shengchun ^b   Zhao, Aiguo ^b  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Aeolian geomorphology; Dune height spacing relationship; Dune patterns

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; DUNE FORMATION; EOLIAN PROCESS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; WIND FORCING;

ASIA; BADANJILIN DESERT; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 62649175736     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.10.015     Document Type: Article

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