Aeolian dune-field development in a water table-controlled system: Skeiđarársandur, Southern Iceland

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2107-2131

  Mountney, Nigel P ^a   Russell, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeolian; Cold climate; Dune; Iceland; J kulhlaup; Nebkha; Sandur; Skeid stroke ar rsandur; Water table

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; FLOODS; LAKES; LANDFORMS; MORPHOLOGY; UNLOADING;

AEOLIAN; COLD CLIMATE; DUNE; ICELANDS; NEBKHA; SANDUR; WATER TABLES;

GROUNDWATER;

ACCUMULATION RATE; BEDFORM; DUNE FIELD; DUNE FORMATION; EOLIAN PROCESS; FLUVIAL PROCESS; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; JOKULHLAUP; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER TABLE;

ICELAND; SKEIDARARSANDUR;

EID: 77955261724     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01072.x     Document Type: Article

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