Sand transport by wind on complex surfaces: Field studies in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Lancaster, Nicholas ^a   Nickling, William G ^b   Gillies, John A ^c  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; FLUX MEASUREMENT; SALTATION; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE FLUX; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THRESHOLD; WIND EROSION; WIND SHEAR;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; VICTORIA VALLEY [EAST ANTARCTICA];

EID: 77956067378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JF001408     Document Type: Article

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