Further observations on sastrugi, snow dunes and the pattern of surface winds in Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Mather, K. B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1962
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Sastrugi; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400052888; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400052888

Surface winds are responsible for the two main types of feature observed on the Antarctic plateau: ( a ) sastrugi, produced by katabatic (gravity) winds, and ( b ) snow dunes, which are raised by blizzard winds. The two are often associated in the sense that the severest patches of sastrugi seem to...