Comparison of four methods to calculate aeolian sediment transport threshold from field data: Implications for transport prediction and discussion of method evolution

Geomorphology

Volumn 129, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 190-203

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aeolian sediment transport; Measurement; Methods; Threshold

Indexed keywords

DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; MASS TRANSPORT; PARAMETERIZATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WIND EROSION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 79955021772     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.01.022     Document Type: Article

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