Origins of barchan dune asymmetry: Insights from numerical simulations

Aeolian Research

Volumn 12, Issue , 2014, Pages 121-133

  Parteli, Eric J R ^a   Durán, Orencio ^b   Bourke, Mary C ^c,d   Tsoar, Haim ^e   Pöschel, Thorsten ^a   Herrmann, Hans ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Barchan dunes; Dune asymmetry; Dune model; Sand transport; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

BARCHAN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN PROCESS; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WIND DIRECTION; WIND EROSION; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84892836438     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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