A new 'pressure sensitive' method of measuring aeolian sediment transport using a Gauged Sediment Trap (GaST)

Geomorphology

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 426-430

  Ridge, Justin T ^a   Rodriguez, Antonio B ^a   Fegley, Stephen R ^a   Browne, Richard ^a   Hood, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolian; Field instrumentation; Gauged Sediment Trap; Sediment flux; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BARRIER ISLAND; BEDLOAD; EOLIAN PROCESS; EVAPORATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP;

BOGUE BANKS; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860421135     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.07.017     Document Type: Article

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