Reactivation of supply-limited dune fields from blowouts: A conceptual framework for state characterization

Geomorphology

Volumn 201, Issue , 2013, Pages 172-182

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aeolian geomorphology; Biogeomorphology; Blowouts; Dune field activity; Reactivation

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; BLOWOUT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN PROCESS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; REACTIVATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WIND VELOCITY;

CANADA;

EID: 84884986005     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.06.019     Document Type: Article

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