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Earth Science

D-Index
31
Citations
3706
World Ranking
8949
National Ranking
890

Best Publications

  • Aeolian Geomorphology: An Introduction

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  • Dune mobility and vegetation cover in the Southwest Kalahari desert

    Giles F. S. Wiggs;David S. G. Thomas;Joanna E. Bullard;Ian Livingstone

  • Geomorphology of desert sand dunes: A review of recent progress

    Ian Livingstone;Giles F.S. Wiggs;Corinne M. Weaver

  • The role of streamline curvature in sand dune dynamics: evidence from field and wind tunnel measurements

    Giles F.S. Wiggs;Ian Livingstone;Andrew Warren

  • Interactions between aeolian and fluvial systems in dryland environments

    Joanna E. Bullard;Ian Livingstone

  • Air flow and sand transport over sand-dunes

    W. S. Weng;J. C. R. Hunt;D. J. Carruthers;A. Warren

  • The Namib Sand Sea: Dune Forms, Processes and Sediments

    N. Lancaster

  • Dunefield Activity and Interactions with Climatic Variability in the Southwest Kalahari Desert

    J. E. Bullard;D. S. G. Thomas;I. Livingstone;G. S. F. Wiggs

  • Airflow and roughness characteristics over partially vegetated linear dunes in the southwest Kalahari Desert

    Giles F. S. Wiggs;Ian Livingstone;David S. G. Thomas;Joanna E. Bullard

  • Analysis of linear sand dune morphological variability, southwestern Kalahari desert

    J.E. Bullard;D.S.G. Thomas;I. Livingstone;G.F.S. Wiggs

  • Grain-Size Variation on Dunes in the Southwest Kalahari, Southern Africa

    Ian Livingstone;Joanna E. Bullard;Giles F.S. Wiggs;David S.G. Thomas

  • Monitoring surface change on a Namib linear dune

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  • Effect of vegetation removal on airflow patterns and dune dynamics in the southwest Kalahari desert

    G. F. S. Wiggs;I. Livingstone;D. S. G. Thomas;J. E. Bullard

  • The geomorphological significance of airflow patterns in transverse dune interdunes

    Matthew Baddock;Ian Livingstone;Giles F S Wiggs

  • The Namib Sand Sea digital database of aeolian dunes and key forcing variables

    Ian Livingstone;Charles Bristow;Robert G. Bryant;Joanna Bullard

  • WIND ENERGY VARIATIONS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN KALAHARI DESERT AND IMPLICATIONS FOR LINEAR DUNEFIELD ACTIVITY

    J. E. Bullard;D. S. G. Thomas;I. Livingstone;G. F. S. Wiggs

  • Learning in small groups in university geography courses: designing a core module around group projects

    Mick Healey;Hugh Matthews;Ian Livingstone;Ian Foster

  • A field study of mean and turbulent flow characteristics upwind, over and downwind of barchan dunes

    Matthew C. Baddock;Giles F. S. Wiggs;Ian Livingstone

  • Palaeoclimate records from OIS 8.0–5.4 recorded in loess–palaeosol sequences on the Matmata Plateau, southern Tunisia, based on mineral magnetism and new luminescence dating

    J.A. Dearing;I.P. Livingstone;M.D. Bateman;K. White

  • Reviewed Work: Geomorphology of Desert Dunes by Nicholas Lancaster

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