Frequency, magnitude, and characteristics of aeolian sediment transport: McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 461-479

  Gillies, John A ^a   Nickling, William G ^b   Tilson, Michael ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

aeolian; Antarctica; dry valleys; transport

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; PARTICLE SIZE; SALTATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WIND EROSION; WIND VELOCITY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84880684885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrf.20007     Document Type: Article

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