A wind tunnel study of particle kinematics during crust rupture and erosion

Geomorphology

Volumn 173-174, Issue , 2012, Pages 149-160

  O'Brien, Patrick ^a   Mckenna Neuman, Cheryl ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crust rupture; Laser Doppler anemometry; Particle speed; Saltation; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETER; DOPPLER EFFECT; EROSION; KINEMATICS; LASER METHOD; RUPTURE; SALTATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 84865965143     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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