Aeolian sediments : ancient and modern
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Aeolian sediments : ancient and modern
(Special publication of the International Association of Sedimentologists, no. 16)
Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1993
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Studies of aeolian sediments, both ancient and modern, have exhibited a number of important conceptual advances in recent years. In particular, there has been a move away from descriptions of sediments, bedforms and sedimentary environments towards a new emphasis on the dynamics of aeolian depositional systems at different temporal and spatial scales, and their response to external changes in sea levels, regional and global climates and tectonics. This Special Publication contains a selection of papers which were presented at the Symposium "Aeolian Sediments: Ancient and Modern" held in 1990. It also includes a number of contributions from authors who were not able to attend the meeting, but whose work reflects important aspects of contemporary research in aeolian sedimentology.
Table of Contents
Part I: Modern Aeolian Environments:Particle dislodgement from a flat bed by wind - a reanalysis of Willetts and Rice's dataAeolian dynamics on the windward slope of a reversing transverse dune, Alexandria coastal dunefield, South AfricaLate Quaternary development of coastal parabolic megadune complexes in northeast AustraliaThe modern and ancient pattern of sand flow through the modern Namib deflation basinInternal structure of an eolian dune using ground penetrating radarOrigins and sedimentary features of super surfaces in the northwestern Gran Desierto Sand SeaPart II: Ancient Aeolian Environments:Eolian genetic stratigraphy: an example from the Middle Jurassic Page Sandstone, Colorado PlateauDownwind changes within an ancient dunes sea, Permian Cedar Mesc Sandstone, S.E. UtahLow stand eolian influence on stratigraphic completenessUpper member of the Hemosa Formation (latest Carboniferous), Southeast Utah, USADraa reconstruction, the Permian Yellow Sands, N.E. England
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