Variations in wind velocity and sand transport on the windward flanks of desert sand dunes
β Scribed by ANDREW WATSON
- Book ID
- 110862845
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 434 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1469-3496
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