Long-time evolution of models of aeolian sand dune fields: Influence of dune formation and collision

Geomorphology

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 55-68

  Diniega, Serina ^a   Glasner, Karl ^a   Byrne, Shane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Coarsening; Dune collision; Dune field; Dune field model; Sand dune

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COALESCENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN PROCESS; FORMATION MECHANISM; GAUSSIAN METHOD; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 77953916915     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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