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Aeolian Grain Transport

The Erosional Environment

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen

    1. Department of Theoretical Statistics, Institute of Mathematics, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark

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  2. Brian B. Willetts

    1. Department of Engineering, University of Aberdeen, Kings College, Aberdeen, UK

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Part of the book series: Acta Mechanica. Supplementa (ACTA MECH.SUPP., volume 2)

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Table of contents (13 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Air flow and sand transport over sand-dunes

    • W. S. Weng, J. C. R. Hunt, D. J. Carruthers, A. Warren, G. F. S. Wiggs, I. Livingstone et al.
    Pages 1-22

  3. On the temporal-spatial variation of sediment size distributions

    • O. E. Barndorff-Nielsen, M. Sørensen
    Pages 23-35

  4. Distributional shape triangles with some applications in sedimentology

    • O. E. Barndorff-Nielsen, C. Christiansen, D. Hartmann
    Pages 37-47

  5. Cross-shore selective sorting processes and grain size distributional shape

    • D. Hartmann
    Pages 49-63

  6. Roughness element effect on local and universal saltation transport

    • J. D. Iversen, W. P. Wang, K. R. Rasmussen, H. E. Mikkelsen, R. N. Leach
    Pages 65-75

  7. Assessment of aerodynamic roughness via airborne radar observations

    • R. Greeley, L. Gaddis, N. Lancaster, A. Dobrovolskis, J. Iversen, K. Rasmussen et al.
    Pages 77-88

  8. Interaction between unvegetated desert surfaces and the atmospheric boundary layer: a preliminary assessment

    • N. Lancaster, R. Greeley, K. R. Rasmussen
    Pages 89-102

  9. The threshold friction velocities and soil flux rates of selected soils in south-west New South Wales, Australia

    • J. F. Leys
    Pages 103-112

  10. Wind degradation on the sandy soils of the Sahel of Mali and Niger and its part in desertification

    • M. Mainguet, M. C. Chemin
    Pages 113-130

  11. The effect of sea cliffs on inland encroachment of aeolian sand

    • H. Tsoar, D. Blumberg
    Pages 131-146

  12. Coastal erosion and aeolian sand transport on the Aquitaine coast, France

    • J.-M. Froidefond, R. Prud’homme
    Pages 147-159

  13. Controls on aeolian sand sheet formation exemplified by the Lower Triassic of Helgoland

    • L. B. Clemmensen
    Pages 161-170

  14. Beach deflation and backshore dune formation following erosion under storm surge conditions: an example from Northwest England

    • K. Pye
    Pages 171-181

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 183-183
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Wind erosion has such a pervasive influence on environmental and agricultural matters that academic interest in it has been continuous for several decades. However, there has been a tendency for the resulting publications to be scattered widely in the scientific litera­ ture and consequently to provide a less coherent resource than might otherwise be hoped for. In particular, cross-reference between the literature on desert and coastal morphology, on the deterioration of wind affected soils, and on the process mechanics of the grain/air­ flow system has been disappointing. A successful workshop on "The Physics of Blown Sand", held in Aarhus in 1985, took a decisive step in collecting a research community with interests spanning geomorphology and grain/wind process mechanics. The identification of that Community was reinforced by the Binghampton Symposium on Aeolian Geomorphology in 1986 and has been fruitful in the development of a number of international collaborations. The objectives of the pre­ sent workshop, which was supported by a grant from the NATO Scientific Affairs Division, were to take stock of the progress in the five years to 1990 and to extend the scope of the community to include soil deterioration (and dust release) and those beach processes which link with aeolian activity on the coast.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Theoretical Statistics, Institute of Mathematics, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark

    Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen

  • Department of Engineering, University of Aberdeen, Kings College, Aberdeen, UK

    Brian B. Willetts

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