The transport of sand and dust by wind is a potent erosional force, creates sand dunes and
ripples, and loads the atmosphere with suspended dust aerosols. This paper presents an …

Earth's surface is composed of a staggering diversity of particulate–fluid mixtures: dry to wet,
dilute to dense, colloidal to granular and attractive to repulsive particles. This material variety …

Physical laws—such as the laws of motion, gravity, electromagnetism, and thermodynamics—
codify the general behavior of varied macroscopic natural systems across space and time …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 GEOMORPHOLOGY OF DESERT DUNES Sand dunes cover up to a
quarter of many desert regions. Determining the factors that determine their shape, size and …

Earth's sand seas (dune fields) experience winds that blow with different strengths and from
different directions in line with the seasons. In response, dune fields show a rich variety of …

Based on four decades of research by Professor Andrew Goudie, this volume provides a
state-of-the-art synthesis of our understanding of desert geomorphology. It presents a truly …

In this paper we synthesise existing palaeoenvironmental data from the arid and semi-arid
interior of the Australian continent for the period 40–0 ka. Moisture is the predominant …

Understanding the evolution of the ice-bed interface is fundamentally important for gaining
insight into the dynamics of ice masses and how subglacial landforms are created. However …

This book describes how sand dunes work, why they are the way they are in different
settings, and how they are being studied. Particular attention is paid to their formation and …

Abstract The Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity visited two active wind‐blown sand
dunes within Gale crater, Mars, which provided the first ground‐based opportunity to …