Laboratory and field performance of a laser particle counter for measuring aeolian sand transport

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Hugenholtz, Chris H ^a   Barchyn, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; LABORATORY METHOD; LASER METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 79952295762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JF001822     Document Type: Article

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