Grain size of fine-grained windblown sediment: A powerful proxy for process identification

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 121, Issue , 2013, Pages 18-30

  Vandenberghe, Jef ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dust; Eolian; Grain size; Loess; Windblown

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DUST; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; LOESS; REWORKING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WIND;

EID: 84876375213     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.03.001     Document Type: Review

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