Dune formation under bimodal winds

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 52, 2009, Pages 22085-22089

  Parteli, Eric J R ^a   Durán, Orencio ^b   Tsoar, Haim ^c   Schwämmle, Veit ^d   Herrmann, Hans J ^a,e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d CENTRO BRASILEIRO DE PESQUISAS FÍSICAS   (Brazil)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aeolian transport; Critical phenomena; Erosion and sedimentation; Pattern formation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; HEIGHT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; WIND;

EID: 76049121295     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0808646106     Document Type: Article

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