Aeolian Processes in Periglacial Environments

Treatise on Geomorphology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 416-429

  Bateman, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cover sand; Dunes; Dust; Katabatic; Loess; Niveo aeolian; Reptation; Saltation; Sublimation; Ventifacts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903403137     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374739-6.00219-0     Document Type: Chapter

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