Wind Work
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Date
2009-04
Authors
Barker, Daniel S.
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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