Wind Work
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2009-04
Authors
Barker, Daniel S.
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Description
One of a series of images with descriptions of igneous and volcanic geological features in field environments.
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Field geology , North shore, Long Island Sound , Wind , Brava, Cape Verdes , Central High Desert, Iceland , Aeolian Buttes, California , San Gorgonio Pass, California , Sand blasting , Green Tuff, Island of Pantelleria, Italy , Lag pavement , Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland , Danikil Depression, Ethiopia , Atlantic Ocean , Mauritania , Saharan dust , Austin, Texas , Robert P. Sharp , Palm Springs, California , Kelso Dunes, California , Dicker Willem, Namibia , Red dunes, Namibia , Mojave desert, California , Racetrack Playa, north of Death Valley, California , Aeolian geology , Sedimentology , Ventifacts , Sediment movement , Geological agents , Erosion , Sediment transport , Sediment deposition , Ice , Gravity , Water , Wind speed , Wind direction , Prevailing wind , Islands , Pyroclastic glass , Devegetation , Soil erosion , Regolith , Deflation armor , Desert armor , Etching , Relief surface , Eolian transport , Dust devil , Dust storm , Saltation , Wind-driven sand , Unidirectional wind , Sediment accumulation , Dunes , Eroded coral reefs , West Maui, Hawaii , Dune nucleation , Sand accumulation , Dune crest , Wind ripples , Dune lee , Seasonal winds , Star dunes , Dolomite , Mud , Playa , Intermittent lake , Grain size distribution