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Author Warren, Andrew

Title Dunes : dynamics, morphology, history / Andrew Warren
Published Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwel, A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication, 2013

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Series RGS-IBG book series
RGS-IBG book series.
Contents Dunes: Dynamics, Morphology, History -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Series Editors' Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Reference -- Part One <10 m2 -- <10 years -- Chapter One Wind and Sand -- Wind versus Bed -- The Law of the Wall -- Improving the wind/bed model -- Lift-Off -- Holding down by gravity -- Holding down by cohesion -- Raising by lift -- Raising by drag -- Raising by bombardment -- Thresholds -- Grain size -- The slope of the bed -- The dynamics of water content -- Crusts -- Pellets -- Sand in Motion -- Saltation -- Streamers and other medium-scale patterns of saltating sand -- Reptation -- Creep -- Other near-surface activity -- Suspension -- The vertical distribution of load and grain size -- The saturation length -- The fetch effect -- The response of a loose bed to erosion by the wind -- The Transport Rate -- Shapes, densities and mixtures of size -- Hard surfaces -- Rough surfaces -- Moisture, temperature and humidity -- Rain -- References -- Chapter Two Ripples -- Subtypes -- Models -- Flow response -- Gravity wave -- Saltation length -- Shadow zone -- Mathematical -- Pattern -- Chapter Three The Form and Behaviour of Free Dunes -- Definitions -- Early Stages -- Start -- Minimum size -- The Profile of a Fully Grown Dune -- Toe -- Windward slope (or 'stoss slope') -- Crest -- Lee slope -- Movement -- Turnover time, bulk transport -- Size -- Flow-hierarchy models -- Grain-size models -- The time/supply model -- References -- Part Two 1000 to 10,000 m2 -- 100 to 1000 years -- Chapter Four Pattern in Free Dunes -- Definitions -- Wind-Directional Regimes -- Global winds -- Local wind systems -- The Classification of Wind-Directional Regimes -- Wind-Directional Regimes and Dune Pattern -- Transverse Dunes -- Two-dimensional pattern: vertical and downwind
Two-dimensional pattern: horizontal and transverse tothewind -- Self-organisation -- Barchans -- Quasi-transverse patterns -- Linear Dunes -- Introduction -- Models of formation -- Sand Sheets -- Dunes with Distinctive Sand -- Gravel dunes -- Zibars -- Clay dunes -- Lunettes -- Gypsum dunes -- Diatomite sands -- Volcanic sands -- Snow and ice dunes -- Niveo-aeolian deposits -- References -- Chapter Five Forced Dunes -- Dunes Built around Bluff Obstacles -- Climbing and echo dunes -- Flanking and lee dunes -- Cliff-top and falling dunes -- Dunes on Gently Sloping Terrain -- Reference -- Chapter Six Dunes and Plants -- Wind, Sand and Plants -- Rigid objects -- Spatial pattern -- Porosity -- Flexibility -- Plants as living things -- The broader time/space framework -- Dunes among Plants -- Nebkhas -- Blowouts -- Parabolic dunes -- References -- Chapter Seven Coastal Dunes -- Coastal Dunes and Climate -- The Beach-Dune System -- Exclusively Coastal Dunes -- Embryo dunes -- Fore-dunes ('frontal dunes' or 'retention ridges') -- Tsunamis -- Coastal sand sheets -- References -- Part Three>0.3 mm -- <2,200,000,000 years -- Chapter Eight Sand Seas -- Terms -- Large Sand Seas -- Growth and Development -- Sand Seas in Tectonic Basins -- Topographically Unconfined Sand Seas -- Transfer between Sand Seas -- Chapter Nine A History of Dune Sand -- Provenance -- Recycling -- Maturation -- Mineralogy -- Size characteristics -- Shape and surface texture -- Redness -- Relationships between Dune Fields and the Sources of Their Sand -- Source-bordering dune fields -- Dune fields that have migrated away from their source -- Sand seas that have taken sand from many local sources -- The Australian sand seas and some aeolian sandstones -- References -- Chapter Ten A History of Inland Dunes -- Very Ancient Dunes: Siliceous Windblown Sandstones
The Emergence of Familiar Spatial and Dynamic Patterns -- Dune Historiography -- Dating -- Dune-building environments -- The long-term development of sand seas: sediment state -- Quaternary Dune-Building Climates -- Dunes in the Early- and Mid-Pleistocene -- Late Pleistocene Dunes -- The main theatres of dune formation in the Late Pleistocene -- Dunes in the Holocene -- The deglaciated North -- The mid-latitudes -- The semi-arid tropics -- The present deserts -- References -- Chapter Eleven A History of Coastal Dunes -- Long Sequences -- Sea Level -- Other Controls -- Calcareous Aeolianite -- Reference -- Chapter Twelve Mars, Venus, Titan -- Similarities -- Differences -- Sand -- Ripples and Transverse Aeolian Ridges -- Dunes -- Mars -- Venus -- Titan -- Reference -- Part Four Care -- Chapter Thirteen Local, Short-Term Care (100,000 m2 -->10 years) -- Constraints -- Complexity -- Uncertainty -- Environmental change -- Sustainability -- Coastal dunes -- Stabilised inland dunes -- References -- Index
Summary Dunes 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. The only book to cover all dunes, terrestrial and in the Solar System, in deserts, on coasts, and in the past Represents the most current update on the research of dunes for over a decade Incorporates the latest research to come out of China where the field is most rapidly expanding Discusses the most recent range of skills and technology now focused on the study of dunes Brings up-to-date a rapidly expanding field
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Sand dunes -- History
Geomorphology.
Sand dunes -- Environmental aspects
geomorphology.
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Sedimentology & Stratigraphy.
Geomorphology
Sand dunes
Sand dunes -- Environmental aspects
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2013000505
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