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Dunes Initiation

Dunes Initiation is a sediment transport phenomenon characterized by the emergence of regular, bedform instabilities on an initially flat sediment bed due to flow-sediment interactions under specific hydrodynamic conditions.

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2017–2026

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Dune Initiation

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Publications

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Difference in the Wind Speeds Required for Initiation versus Continuation of Sand Transport on Mars: Implications for Dunes and Dust Storms

Jasper F. Kok · Physical Review Letters · 2010 · 162 citations · Full text

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Initiation of Bed Forms on a Flat Sand Bed

Stephen E. Coleman, Bruce W. Melville · Journal of Hydraulic Engineering · 1996 · 144 citations

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An improved parameterization of wind‐blown sand flux on Mars that includes the effect of hysteresis

Jasper F. Kok · Geophysical Research Letters · 2010 · 143 citations · Full text

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Initiation and variation of the dune fields in semi-arid China – with a special reference to the Hunshandake Sandy Land, Inner Mongolia

Xiaoping Yang, Xulong Wang, Ziting Liu et al. · Quaternary Science Reviews · 2013 · 107 citations

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Morphodynamics of barchan and transverse dunes using a cellular automaton model

Deguo Zhang, C. Narteau, Olivier Rozier · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2010 · 102 citations · Full text

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Authors

113

  1. DZ
    Deguo Zhang

    Zhejiang University, China

    3 publications · 236 citations

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  2. JF
    Jasper F. Kok

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    2 publications · 305 citations

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  3. SE
    S. E. Coleman

    University of Auckland, New Zealand

    2 publications · 124 citations

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  4. VN
    Vladimir Nikora

    University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 124 citations

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  5. PA
    Paul A. Carling

    University of Southampton, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 50 citations

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Institutions

76

  1. University of Auckland

    Auckland, New Zealand

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    477 citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    360 citations

  3. University of Southampton

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    114 citations

  4. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    349 citations

  5. Lanzhou University

    Lanzhou, China

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    110 citations

  6. Deltares

    Delft, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    104 citations

  7. Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    43 citations

  8. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    129 citations

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Venues

  1. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

    6 publications · 274 citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 3 publications · 159 citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface

    2 publications · 32 citations

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  5. Aeolian Research

    2 publications · 56 citations

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