Understanding linear dune chronologies: Insights from a simple accumulation model

Geomorphology

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 195-208

  Telfer, M W ^a   Bailey, R M ^a   Burrough, S L ^a   Stone, A E S ^a   Thomas, D S G ^a   Wiggs, G S F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accumulation model; Linear dunes; OSL dating; Palaeoenvironments

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITION; DUNE; DUNE FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EOLIAN PROCESS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 77954818227     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.03.030     Document Type: Article

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