Description
Book SynopsisBased on keynote addresses presented at the International Aeolian Conference in Oxford in July 1998, this book is the latest title in the British Geomorphological Research Group series.
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Table of ContentsThe History of Desert Dune Studies over the Last 100 Years (A. Goudie).
Recent Investigations of Airflow and Sediment Transport Over Desert Dunes (W. Nickling & C. Neuman).
Geomorphology of Desert Sand Seas (N. Lancaster).
Coastal Dune Dynamics: Problems and Prospects (B. Bauer & D. Sherman).
Coastal and Continental Dune Management into the Twenty-first Century (D. Thomas).
Physics of Aeolian Movement Emphasising Changing of the Aerodynamic Roughness Height by Saltating Grains (the Owen Effect) (D. Gillette).
Wind Erosion of Agricultural Land (J. Leys).
Wind Erosional Landforms: Yardangs and Pans (A. Goudie).
Dust Transport and Deposition (G. McTainsh).
Loess (K. Pye & D. Sherwin).
The Aeolian Rock Record (G. Kocurek).
Dune Palaeoenvironments (V. Tchakerian).
Luminescence Dating of Aeolian and Coastal Sand and Silt Deposits: Applications and Implications (A. Singhvi & A. Wintle).
Conclusions (S. Stokes).
Index.
