On aeolian transport: Grain-scale interactions, dynamical mechanisms and scaling laws

Aeolian Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 243-270

  Duran O ^a   Claudin, P ^a   Andreotti, B ^a  

^a ESPCI   (France)

Author keywords

Aeolian sediment transport; Sand dunes; Sand flux saturation

Indexed keywords

DUNE; EOLIAN PROCESS; GRAIN SIZE; RIPPLE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WIND EROSION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 80053896318     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2011.07.006     Document Type: Review

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