Tukulans. Deserts of Yakutiya (Tukulany. 'Pustyni' Yakutii)

• Main Author: Nevyazhskii, I.
• Other Authors: ARMY FOREIGN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER CHARLOTTESVILLE VA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1970
• Subjects: Geology; Geochemistry and Mineralogy; *DESERTS; USSR; PLANTS(BOTANY); RIVERS; SAND; LAKES; TREES; CLIMATE; TRANSLATIONS; DUNES; Yakutiya; Linde; Barchans
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0722892; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0722892

The author discusses an unusual geographical feature found in the basins of the Vilyuy and Linde Rivers in Yakutiya. The so-called 'Tukulans' are areas of wind-blown sands, with numerous dunes; the latter are dissimilar to barchans in that the 'cusps' are pointed backward. The ty...