Quantification of shape and texture for wind abrasion studies: Proof of concept using analog targets

Geomorphology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 213-226

  Bridges, Nathan T ^a   Razdan, Anshuman ^b   Yin, Xuetao ^b   Greeley, Ronald ^c   Ali, Saif ^b,d   Kushunapally, Rakesh ^b,e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES   (United States)

^e Now at PDI/Dreamworks   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrasion; Texture; Ventifacts; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; MARS; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHAPE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEXTURE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TOPOLOGY; WEATHERING RATE; WIND EROSION; WIND FIELD; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 70549100093     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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