Gross erosion, net erosion and gross deposition of dust by wind: Field data from 17 desert surfaces

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 610-623

  Goossens, Dirk ^a,b   Buck, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Deflation diameter; Deposition; Dust; Particle size; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; DEFLATION DIAMETER; DESERT SURFACES; DUNE SANDS; EROSION MEASUREMENTS; FIELD DATA; GRAIN DIAMETER; GRAIN SIZE; GROSS EROSION; IN-FIELD; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; NEVADA , USA; OPTIMUM DIAMETERS; TOTAL MASS; TRANSPORT MODES; WIND EROSION; WIND EROSIONS; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT;

AERODYNAMICS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DUST; EXPERIMENTS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LANDFORMS; PARTICLE SIZE; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILT; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); WIND TUNNELS;

EROSION;

DEFLATION; DEPOSITION; DUST; EROSION RATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAIN SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WIND EROSION; WIND TUNNEL;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953793597     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2080     Document Type: Article

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