scholarly journals Analysis of Wind-blown Sand Movement over Transverse Dunes

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Jiang ◽  
Ning Huang ◽  
Yuanjian Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Sand Movement ◽  
Transverse Dunes

Relations between morphology, air flow, sand flux and particle size on transverse dunes, Taklimakan Sand Sea, China

2002 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 515-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xunming Wang ◽  
Zhibao Dong ◽  
Jiawu Zhang ◽  
Aiguo Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Air Flow ◽  
Transverse Dunes ◽  
Sand Flux

Numerical Study of the Formation of Transverse Dunes and Linear Dunes

2005 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 599-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruyan Zhang ◽  
Makiko Kan ◽  
Tetuya Kawamura
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Study ◽  
Transverse Dunes

scholarly journals Snow dunes and glazed surfaces in Antarctica: new field and remote-sensing data

2002 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 81-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimo Frezzotti ◽  
Stefano Gandolfi ◽  
Floriana La Marca ◽  
Stefano Urbini
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Accumulation Rate ◽  
Spectral Response ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Snow Accumulation ◽  
Remotely Sensed Data ◽  
Surface Mass ◽  
Glazed Surface ◽  
Transverse Dunes

AbstractAs part of the International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition project, the Italian Antarctic Programme undertook two traverses from the Terra Nova station to Talos Dome and to Dome C. Along the traverses, the party carried out several tasks (drilling, glaciological and geophysical exploration). The difference in spectral response between glazed surfaces and snow makes it simple to identify these areas on visible/near-infrared satellite images. Integration of field observation and remotely sensed data allows the description of different mega-morphologic features: wide glazed surfaces, sastrugi glazed surface fields, transverse dunes and megadunes. Topography global positioning system, ground penetrating radar and detailed snow-surface surveys have been carried out, providing new information about the formation and evolution of mega-morphologic features. The extensive presence, (up to 30%) of glazed surface caused by a long hiatus in accumulation, with an accumulation rate of nil or slightly negative, has a significant impact on the surface mass balance of a wide area of the interior part of East Antarctica. The aeolian processes creating these features have important implications for the selection of optimum sites for ice coring, because orographic variations of even a few metres per kilometre have a significant impact on the snow-accumulation process. Remote-sensing surveys of aeolian macro-morphology provide a proven, high-quality method for detailed mapping of the interior of the ice sheet’s prevalent wind direction and could provide a relative indication of wind intensity.

Leaf demography and decline of Panicum racemosum populations in coastal foredunes of southern Brazil

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (7) ◽  
pp. 1593-1599 ◽  
Author(s):  
César S. B. Costa ◽  
Ulrich Seeliger ◽  
César V. Cordazzo
Keyword(s):  
Population Biology ◽  
Sand Dunes ◽  
Salt Spray ◽  
Nutrient Status ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Leaf Demography ◽  
Growth Vigour ◽  
Sand Movement ◽  
Mobile Dune ◽  
Sand Deposition

We studied the effect of nutrient status and sand movement on the population biology of Panicum racemosum Spreng. over a 5-year period (1982–1986) on mobile, semifixed and fixed coastal foredune habitats in southern Brazil. The soils were deficient in nitrate, phosphate, and potassium (<0.5, 0.2–1.2, and 3–5 mg/kg, respectively) in all habitats, and a gradient of decreasing availability existed from the mobile to the fixed dunes. Half-lives of leaves were shorter in the fixed dune as compared with the mobile dune. Similarly, half-lives of leaves were shorter in summer than in winter. Experiments using cuttings of P. racemosum tillers showed that as P. racemosum plants grew, so did the deposition of sand on mobile foredunes. The mechanical deposition of sand itself did not stimulate P. racemosum growth. The deposition of saline sand provided a substrate that supported vertical growth of P. racemosum rhizomes and tillers and was a source of adsorbed nutrients. Also, active sand deposition limited the invasion of frontal dunes by other species. Panicum racemosum populations changed from "invader" to "mature" to "regressive" age states over a 5-year period, apparently in response to the spatial patterns of sand deposition and salt spray input. Key words: Panicum, leaf demography, growth vigour, sand dunes, temporal changes.

MEAN SEA LEVEL AND SAND MOVEMENT; A REPLY

Science ◽  
1942 ◽  
Vol 95 (2460) ◽  
pp. 193-194
Author(s):  
F. P. SHEPARD ◽  
E. C. LAFOND
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Mean Sea Level ◽  
Sand Movement
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