Upper limit of height-spacing ratio for transverse aeolian bedforms

Zhen-Ting Wang, Qian-Hua Zhang, Zhi-Bao Dong, Tao Wang
2011 Europhysics letters  
An effective "minimum force" hypothesis is proposed for the evolution of aeolian bedforms. The upper limit of the height-spacing ratio suitable for ripples, small-scale dunes and giant dunes is obtained from fluid dynamics by using this hypothesis.
doi:10.1209/0295-5075/93/29001 fatcat:udkszqrsybeqzeljofrl4ohqui