Aeolian sediment fluxes measured over various plant/soil complexes in the Chihuahuan desert

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Bergametti, G ^a   Gillette, D A ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; SALTATION; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENT YIELD; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT;

BOUTELOUA; FLOURENSIA CERNUA; PROSOPIS;

EID: 77957742831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JF001543     Document Type: Article

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