Seasonality of erosion and eolian particle transport in the coastal Atacama Desert, Chile (23°S);Estacionalidad de la erosión y el transporte eólico de partículas en el desierto costero de Atacama, Chile (23°S)

Andean Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 288-310

  Flores Aqueveque, Valentina ^a   Vargas, Gabriel ^a   Rutllant, José ^a   le Roux, Jacobus P ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Atacama; Coastal upwelling; Eolian particle erosion and transport; Friction velocity; Mejillones; Surface roughness coefficient

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; MINERALOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; UPWELLING; WIND EROSION;

ANTOFAGASTA; ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE; MEJILLONES DEL SUR BAY;

EID: 77954818101     PISSN: 07187092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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