Threshold wind velocities for sand movement in the Mescalero Sands of southeastern New Mexico

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1456-1460

  Stout, J E ^a   Arimoto, Richard ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Horeshoe Cir Jett Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolian processes; Mescalero sands; Saltation; Thresold; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

DESERT; EOLIAN PROCESS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SALTATION; SAND; SENSOR; THRESHOLD; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WIND EROSION; WIND VELOCITY;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; MESCALERO SANDS; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956226434     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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