Aeolian landforms, or Eolian landforms, are produced by either the erosive or depositive action of wind. These features may be built up from sand or snow...

Aeolian processes, also spelled eolian, pertain to wind activity in the study of geology and weather and specifically to the wind's ability to shape the...

orientation, rock exposure, and soil type. Landforms organized by the processes that create them. Aeolian landform – Landforms produced by action of the winds include:...

winds Aeolian or Aeolic order, an early order of Classical architecture Aeolian landform, landforms, such as sand dunes, formed by wind Aeolian processes...

Columbia University Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-231-10207-0. Landforms in the World: Aeolian Landform (08. Erg) Spector, Christy (September 24, 2001). "Soil...

are deposits that are less than 3 cm tall. A draa is a very large aeolian landform, with a length of several kilometers and a height of tens to hundreds...

Dune – Hill of loose sand built by aeolian processes or the flow of water Yardang – Streamlined aeolian landform Ventifact Knobs – Geographic feature...

areas were identified and included in the cartography of the region. Aeolian landform Tukulan - The Yakut Desert Якутские тукуланы Google Earth Тукуланы...

reg. This is in contrast with erg, which refers to a sandy desert area. Aeolian processes – Processes due to wind activity Desert varnish – Orange-to-black...

Nebraska, United States Yardang – Streamlined aeolian landform Livingstone, Ian, and Andrew Warren. Aeolian Geomorphology: An Introduction. Wesley Longman...

have also been observed in crystalline rocks such as schist and gneiss. Aeolian processes – Processes due to wind activity Barchan – Crescent-shaped dune...

mixed with snow or ice. The wind sweeps the snow and sand grains into aeolian landforms such as ripples, and further sorts the snow and ice grains into distinct...

Saltation layers can also form in avalanches.[citation needed] Aeolian landform Aeolian processes Bagnold formula Saltation (biology) Saltatory conduction...

Sastrugi, or zastrugi, are features formed by the erosion of snow by wind. They are found in polar regions, and in snowy, wind-swept areas of temperate...

Paha (or greda) are elongated landforms composed either of only loess or till capped by loess. In Iowa, paha are prominent hills that are oriented from...

A snow cornice or simply cornice (from the Italian cornice meaning "ledge") is an overhanging edge of snow on a ridge or the crest of a mountain and along...

planets. Aeolian research spans a broad array of disciplines and may include the study of aeolian processes and associated aeolian landforms, aeolian deposits...

terms, a nabkha is a sand dune that forms around vegetation. It is an aeolian landform, a structure built and shaped by the action of wind. Nabkhas are common...

A snowdrift is a deposit of snow sculpted by wind into a mound during a snowstorm. Snowdrifts resemble sand dunes and are formed in a similar manner, namely...

exposed from the ripples. Additional aeolian landforms in the region are known and include ventifacts and so-called "aeolian rat tails"; these are small structures...

sand built by aeolian processes or the flow of water Saltation (geology) – Particle transport by fluids Yardang – Streamlined aeolian landform Wade, A. 1910...

of Madagascar Tulin (geology) – Landform caused by earth movement and erosion Yardang – Streamlined aeolian landform Chen, Eve. "'You need a word at least...

Mars Aeolian processes Aeolian landforms Berman, Daniel C.; Balme, Matthew R.; Rafkin, Scot C.R.; Zimbelman, James R. (2011). "Transverse Aeolian Ridges...

ruiniform shape of same rauks. In Sarek National Park rauks originate as aeolian landforms, thus, contrary to other rauks, they are shaped more by wind than...

soil Twidale, C.R. & Campbell, E.M. (2005, revised edition): Australian landforms: understanding a low, flat, arid and old landscape. Rosenberg Publishing...

mutually exclusive; landforms, including ridges, can belong to multiple subgroups. In this classification, ridges are found in the Aeolian, Coastal Marine...

is covered by loesses or similar deposits. A loess is a periglacial or aeolian (windborne) sediment, defined as an accumulation of 20% or less of clay...

A tableland is an area containing elevated landforms characterized by a distinct, flat, nearly level, or gently undulating surface. They often exhibit...

has documented abundant aeolian sandstones on its traverse. Ventifacts, like Jake Matijevic (rock), are another aeolian landform on the Martian Surface...

moisture at play in most coastal dunes, therefore, are not included. Aeolian landform Aeolian process Bagnold number Barchan Bagnold, R.A. 1936. The movement...