A call for standardization of aeolian process measurements: Moving beyond relative case studies

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 702-705

  Barchyn, Thomas E ^a   Hugenholtz, Chris H ^a   Ellis, Jean T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolian geomorphology; Measurement; Methods; Standards

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN GEOMORPHOLOGY; AEOLIAN PROCESS; COMPARISON METHODS; DATA COMPARISONS; IN-PROCESS; INTEGRATIVE MODELING; MASS FLUX; MEASUREMENT METHODS; METHODS; MUTUAL BENEFIT; SELF-ASSESSMENT; STANDARD METHOD; TIME-AVERAGES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS;

STANDARDS;

CALIBRATION; EOLIAN PROCESS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

EID: 79953785557     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2136     Document Type: Article

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