{"product_id":"dunes-9781444339680","title":"Dunes","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDunes\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book in over a decade to incorporate the latest research in this active and fast-developing field. It discusses the shapes, sizes, patterns, distribution, history and care of wind-blown dunes, and covers all aspects of dunes, terrestrial and in the Solar System.  \u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe only book to cover all dunes, terrestrial and in the Solar System, in deserts, on coasts, and in the past\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRepresents the most current update on the research of dunes for over a decade\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncorporates the latest research to come out of China where the field is most rapidly expanding\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the most recent range of skills and technology now focused on the study of dunes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings up-to-date a rapidly expanding field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e “This is a terrific read for both specialists and nonspecialists.  Summing Up: Highly recommended.  Upper-division undergraduates through professionals\/practitioners.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 February 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures xi  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One \u0026lt;10 m2; \u0026lt;10 years 5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Wind and Sand 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWind versus Bed 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Law of the Wall 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImproving the wind\/bed model 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLift-Off 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHolding down by gravity 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHolding down by cohesion 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRaising by lift 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRaising by drag 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRaising by bombardment 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThresholds 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrain size 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe slope of the bed 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe dynamics of water content 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCrusts 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePellets 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSand in Motion 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSaltation 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStreamers and other medium-scale patterns of saltating sand 22Reptation 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreep 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther near-surface activity 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuspension 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe vertical distribution of load and grain size 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe saturation length 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe fetch effect 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe response of a loose bed to erosion by the wind 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Transport Rate 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShapes, densities and mixtures of size 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHard surfaces 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRough surfaces 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoisture, temperature and humidity 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRain 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Ripples 32\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubtypes 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModels 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFlow response 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGravity wave 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSaltation length 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShadow zone 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMathematical 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePattern 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 The Form and Behaviour of Free Dunes 39\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefinitions 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly Stages 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStart 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMinimum size 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Profile of a Fully Grown Dune 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToe 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWindward slope (or ‘stoss slope’) 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCrest 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLee slope 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMovement 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTurnover time, bulk transport 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSize 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFlow-hierarchy models 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrain-size models 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe time\/supply model 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two 1000 to 10,000 m2; 100 to 1000 years 59\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Pattern in Free Dunes 61\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefinitions 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWind-Directional Regimes 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal winds 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLocal wind systems 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Classification of Wind-Directional Regimes 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWind-Directional Regimes and Dune Pattern 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransverse Dunes 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo-dimensional pattern: vertical and downwind 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo-dimensional pattern: horizontal and transverse to the wind 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelf-organisation 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBarchans 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuasi-transverse patterns 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLinear Dunes 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModels of formation 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSand Sheets 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDunes with Distinctive Sand 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGravel dunes 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eZibars 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClay dunes 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLunettes 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGypsum dunes 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiatomite sands 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVolcanic sands 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSnow and ice dunes 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNiveo-aeolian deposits 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Forced Dunes 96\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDunes Built around Bluff Obstacles 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClimbing and echo dunes 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFlanking and lee dunes 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCliff-top and falling dunes 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDunes on Gently Sloping Terrain 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReference 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Dunes and Plants 100\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWind, Sand and Plants 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRigid objects 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpatial pattern 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePorosity 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFlexibility 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlants as living things 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe broader time\/space framework 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDunes among Plants 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNebkhas 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlowouts 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParabolic dunes 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Coastal Dunes 112\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoastal Dunes and Climate 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Beach–Dune System 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExclusively Coastal Dunes 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmbryo dunes 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFore-dunes (‘frontal dunes’ or ‘retention ridges’) 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTsunamis 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoastal sand sheets 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three \u0026gt;0.3 mm; \u0026lt;2,200,000,000 years 123\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Sand Seas 125\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTerms 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLarge Sand Seas 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrowth and Development 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSand Seas in Tectonic Basins 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopographically Unconfined Sand Seas 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransfer between Sand Seas 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 A History of Dune Sand 134\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProvenance 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecycling 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaturation 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMineralogy 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSize characteristics 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShape and surface texture 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRedness 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelationships between Dune Fields and the Sources of Their Sand 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSource-bordering dune fields 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDune fields that have migrated away from their source 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSand seas that have taken sand from many local sources 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Australian sand seas and some aeolian sandstones 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 A History of Inland Dunes 147\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVery Ancient Dunes: Siliceous Windblown Sandstones 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Emergence of Familiar Spatial and Dynamic Patterns 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDune Historiography 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDating 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDune-building environments 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe long-term development of sand seas: sediment state 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuaternary Dune-Building Climates 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDunes in the Early- and Mid-Pleistocene 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLate Pleistocene Dunes 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe main theatres of dune formation in the Late Pleistocene 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDunes in the Holocene 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe deglaciated North 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe mid-latitudes 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe semi-arid tropics 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe present deserts 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 A History of Coastal Dunes 181\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLong Sequences 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSea Level 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther Controls 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCalcareous Aeolianite 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReference 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Mars, Venus, Titan 186\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSimilarities 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDifferences 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSand 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRipples and Transverse Aeolian Ridges 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDunes 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMars 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVenus 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTitan 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReference 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Four Care 197\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Local, Short-Term Care (\u0026lt;1000 m2; 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