Formation and stability of transverse and longitudinal sand dunes

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 491-494

  Reffet, E ^a   du Pont, S Courrech ^b   Hersen, P ^b   Douady, S ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; EVOLUTION TIME; FINGER POINTING; LINEAR RIDGES; LONG-TERM EVOLUTION; MEAN-WINDS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; SAND DUNES; SAND PILES; SAND SUPPLY; SPACE AND TIME; UNDER WATER; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND REGIME;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARID REGIONS; LANDFORMS; PILES; WIND EFFECTS;

SAND;

BARCHAN; DESERT; DUNE FORMATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHOD; SANDBAR; SIMULATION; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 77955956153     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30894.1     Document Type: Article

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