Wind speed and sediment transport recovery in the lee of a vegetated and denuded nebkha within a nebkha dune field

Aeolian Research

Volumn 12, Issue , 2014, Pages 135-141

  Gillies, John A ^a   Nield, Joanna M ^b   Nickling, William G ^c  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aeolian; Nebkha; Recovery of wind; Sediment transport; Transport in obstacle lee

Indexed keywords

DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; SALTATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; VEGETATION COVER; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84893419603     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2013.12.005     Document Type: Article

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