Wind Work

• Main Author: Barker, Daniel S.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Field geology; North shore; Long Island Sound; Wind; Brava; Cape Verdes; Central High Desert; Iceland; Aeolian Buttes; California; San Gorgonio Pass; Sand blasting; Green Tuff; Island of Pantelleria; Italy; Lag pavement; Reykjanes Peninsula; Danikil Depression; Ethiopia; Atlantic Ocean; Mauritania; Saharan dust; Austin; Texas; Robert P. Sharp; Palm Springs; Kelso Dunes; Dicker Willem; Namibia; Red dunes; Mojave desert; Racetrack Playa; north of Death Valley; 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; Long Island; Reykjanes
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2152/6286

One of a series of images with descriptions of igneous and volcanic geological features in field environments. Geological Sciences