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Process of Aeolian Action
The wind’s ability to carry silt and deposit it is referred to as the aeolian process. The Earth’s surface is significantly shaped by this process,...
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Effect of fence opening configurations on dune development
Fences have been widely used in coastal protection engineering for their low cost, simple deployment, and easy integration with ecosystems. The...
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Aeolian Landforms on the White Sea Coast: a Review of Classification and Spatial Distribution
AbstractThis research presents a classification and analysis of the spatial distribution of Holocene aeolian landforms on the White Sea Coast. The...
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Grain size-dependent geochemical evidence reveals provenance and implications of aeolian sands, Dinggye region, southern Tibet
Identifying geochemical characteristics of aeolian sands on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) is essential for understanding the relationship between...
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Local failure mechanism of sand-blocking fence in latticed dune along desert roads
The latticed dunes in the Tengger Desert are widely distributed, and the sand-blocking fence placed here are highly susceptible to local failure due...
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Quaternary Coastal Dune Limestone
This chapter explains the general characteristics of the extensive Quaternary coastal dune limestoneDune limestone karstKarst of Australia...
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Provenance of aeolian sand in the Kumtag Desert, northwestern China, inferred from geochemical data
The Kumtag Desert is one of the main deserts of northwestern China, and identifying the provenance of its aeolian sediments is of great importance...
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Desert river channel deposition characteristics and their implications for lateral infusion of aeolian sand in the Ulan Buh desert reaches of the Yellow River
The river flowing across the desert are controlled by the aeolian–fluvial interaction, with frequently scouring and depositing, which threaten the...
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Construction of an Aeolian Sand Reactivation Index for the Thar Desert using eight-day MODIS data, with management implications
Maps of aeolian sand reactivation and wind erosion are needed for monitoring and amelioration of land degradation in Thar Desert. Conventionally,...
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Deformation characteristics and sensitivity analysis of aeolian soil bank slope in **njiang desert open channel
Currently, studies on **njiang desert water conveyance channels primarily focus on the selection of construction technologies, with the effects of...
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Aeolian Geodiversity of the Itapeva Dunefield (Brazil) and Geoconservation in the Management of Protected Areas
The Itapeva dunefield is an active aeolian transgressive dunefield system and an important conservation area (PEVA State Park) in Torres-RS, Brazil....
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Demarcation of Coastal Dune Morphology and Dune Patterns using Geospatial Models: A Case Study from Manapad Coastal Stretch, Tamil Nadu, South India
Coastal sand dunes are the dynamic depositional landform which are formed near the coast, due to aeolian activity. Coastal sand dune acts as a...
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Volume estimation method of typical crescent dune based on approximate two-dimensional function deconstruction
This paper takes a typical crescent-shaped sand dune in the Taklamakan Desert, the largest desert in China, as the object of study. The mathematical...
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Influence of Wind Direction on the Size Distribution of Aeolian Microparticles
AbstractIn this paper, microparticle size distributions due to the wind direction - frontal and tangential in respect to the prevailing orientation...
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Effects of glass fibers and nanoclay on the strength parameters of aeolian sand: an experimental study
One of the several methods for ground improvement is adding different materials to soils. Accordingly, two materials, including glass fibers and...
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Saucer blowouts in the coast dune fields of NW Spain
Three selected stabilized saucer blowouts in the coast of NW Spain (Iberian Peninsula) are studied under the morphological and sedimentological...
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Markers and Genetic Mechanisms of Primary and Epigenetic Oxidation of an Aeolian Depositional System of the Luohandong Formation, Ordos Basin
Uranium exploration breakthrough was extremely rare in an aeolian depositional system. In order to know the complicate characteristics of oxidation...
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Aeolian Moropholitogenesis on the Shores of the Northern Pacific
The features of the distribution of aeolian forms on the shores of the seas of the North Pacific have been established. The main reasons for the...
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The role of new-emerging lands on sources of aeolian sand deposits driven by shrinking of the Urmia salt lake
Urmia Lake, the largest saline lake in Iran and the Middle East, in the northwest of Iran, has shrunk over the past decades. The reduced water level...
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Aeolian and fluvial processes influence on dust storms of Hormuz Strait and Makran coastal plains (SE Iran); insight from geomorphic landforms, and sediment texture and mineralogy
The Hormuz Strait and Makran coastal plains in southeast Iran are significant sources of dust storms in south Asia due to an arid climate with a...
