Rates and environmental controls of aeolian dust accumulation, Athabasca River Valley, Canadian Rocky Mountains

Geomorphology

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 274-282

  Hugenholtz, Chris H ^a   Wolfe, Stephen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aeolian; Dust; Geomorphic controls; Hydro climatic regime; Rocky Mountains

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; DEPOSITION; DUST; ENTRAINMENT; EOLIAN PROCESS; EROSION RATE; HOLOCENE; LOESS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WIND EROSION;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA RIVER; CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77954760054     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.04.024     Document Type: Article

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