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Aeolian Environments, Sediments and Landforms (British Geomorphological Research Group Symposia Series)

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Aeolian Environments, Sediments and Landforms (British Geomorphological Research Group Symposia Series), B. S. Hoyle, 9780471985730

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Die olische Geomorphologie beschftigt sich mit der Formung der Landschaften durch Wind. Alle beteiligten Prozesse, von der Bodenerosion ber Sanddnen bis hin zur Lbildung, werden in diesem Band beschrieben. Den Hauptteil des Buches machen instruktiv ausgewhlte Fallstudien aus; das letzte Kapitel gibt einen Ausblick auf zuknftige technologische, methodische und organisatorische Entwicklungen. The History of Desert Dune Studies over the Last 100 Years (A. Goudie). Recent Investigations of Airflow and Sediment Transport Over Desert Dunes (W. Nickling & C. Neuman). Geomorphology of Desert Sand Seas (N. Lancaster). Coastal Dune Dynamics: Problems and Prospects (B. Bauer & D. Sherman). Coastal and Continental Dune Management into the Twenty-first Century (D. Thomas). Physics of Aeolian Movement Emphasising Changing of the Aerodynamic Roughness Height by Saltating Grains (the Owen Effect) (D. Gillette). Wind Erosion of Agricultural Land (J. Leys). Wind Erosional Landforms: Yardangs and Pans (A. Goudie). Dust Transport and Deposition (G. McTainsh). Loess (K. Pye & D. Sherwin). The Aeolian Rock Record (G. Kocurek). Dune Palaeoenvironments (V. Tchakerian). Luminescence Dating of Aeolian and Coastal Sand and Silt Deposits: Applications and Implications (A. Singhvi & A. Wintle). Conclusions (S. Stokes). Index.

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