Varieties of barchan form in the Namib Desert and on Mars

Aeolian Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 45-54

  Bourke, Mary C ^a,b   Goudie, Andrew S ^b  

^a PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barchan; Desert; Dune; Mars; Namib; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BARCHAN; DESERT; DUNE FORMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MARS; MODELING; PLANETARY SURFACE; REMOTE SENSING;

AFRICA; NAMIB DESERT; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 71449123609     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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