Winter variability of aeolian sediment transport threshold on a cold-climate dune

Geomorphology

Volumn 177-178, Issue , 2012, Pages 38-50

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aeolian sediment transport; Cold climate dunes; Threshold wind speed

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; ERODIBILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WIND VELOCITY; WINTER;

EID: 84868205835     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.07.012     Document Type: Article

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