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11.1 Aeolian Geomorphology: Introduction

11.12 Sand Seas and Dune Fields

13.9 Climate Change and Aeolian Processes

A complex origin for the Kelso Dunes, Mojave National Preserve, California, USA: A case study using a simple geochemical method with global applications

A relationship between radar backscatter and aerodynamic roughness: Preliminary results

scientific article published in 1988

Aeolian system sediment state: theory and Mojave Desert Kelso dune field example

scientific article

Age and dynamics of linear dunes in the Namib Desert

article

Application of Database Approaches to the Study of Earth’s Aeolian Environments: Community Needs and Goals

Arid geomorphology

Arid geomorphology

Arid geomorphology 1994

Changes in active eolian sand at northern Coachella Valley, California

Characteristics and occurrence of wind erosion features in the Namib Desert

scientific article published in 1984

Circadian Rhythm of Dune‐Field Activity

scientific article published in 2021

Combining ground penetrating radar surveys and optical dating to determine dune migration in Namibia

scientific article published in 2005

Controls of Dune Morphology in the Namib Sand Sea

Controls of eolian dune size and spacing

scholarly article

Controls on aeolian activity: some new perspectives from the Kelso Dunes, Mojave Desert, California

Decadal-scale evolution of a small dune field: Keeler Dunes, California 1944–2010

Desert dune dynamics and development: insights from luminescence dating

Deserts

scholarly article published in 2009

Development of spatially diverse and complex dune-field patterns: Gran Desierto Dune Field, Sonora, Mexico

article

Development of the Gran Desierto sand sea, northwestern Mexico

article

Discrimination of active and inactive sand from remote sensing: Kelso dunes, Mojave desert, California

scientific article published in 1991

Dune Morphology and Dynamics

Dunes of the Gran Desierto Sand‐Sea, Sonora, Mexico

scientific article published in 1987

Dunes on the skeleton coast, Namibia (South West Africa): Geomorphology and grain size relationships

scientific article published in 1982

Dynamics of deflation hollows in the elands bay area, cape province, South Africa

Eolian sediments

scientific article

Flood-formed dunes in Athabasca Valles, Mars: morphology, modeling, and implications

scientific article

Formation of the Holocene Lake Chilwa sand bar

Geological importance of luminescence dates in Oman and the Emirates: An overview

Geomorphology of Desert Dunes

Gobabeb – 50 years of Namib Desert research

Grainfall processes in the lee of transverse dunes, Silver Peak, Nevada

Ground robotic measurement of aeolian processes

Helga's dune: 40 years of dune dynamics in the namib desert

article

Holocene dune formation at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Area, Nevada, USA

scientific article

How dry was dry?—Late Pleistocene palaeoclimates in the Namib Desert

scientific article (publication date: March 2002)

Immersive Visualization and Interactive Analysis of Ground Penetrating Radar Data

Interdune deposits of the Namib Sand Sea

scientific article published in March 1988

Interpretations and common challenges of aeolian records from North American dune fields

scientific article published in July 2016

Introduction to special section on Aeolian Processes: Field Observations and Modeling

scientific article published in 2008

Lacustrine sediments at Narabeb in the central Namib Desert, Namibia

scientific article published in 1986

Large roughness element effects on sand transport, Oceano Dunes, California

scientific article published in 2012

Late Pleistocene and Holocene dune activity and wind regimes in the western Sahara Desert of Mauritania

scientific article

Late Pleistocene and Holocene dune activity and wind regimes in the western Sahara Desert of Mauritania: Comment and Reply

scientific article published in January 2003

Late Pleistocene lakes along the Mojave River, southeast California

Late Quaternary arid/humid cycles in the Mojave Desert and western Great Basin of North America

scientific article published in March 2002

Late Quaternary eolian dynamics, Mojave Desert, California

Late Quaternary paleoenvironments in the southwestern Kalahari

scientific article published in 1989

Linear dunes

Luminescence dating of late quaternary aeolian deposits at Dale Lake and Cronese Mountains, Mojave Desert, California

Magnitude and frequency of grain flows on a desert sand dune

Modeling aeolian sediment transport thresholds on physically rough Martian surfaces: A shear stress partitioning approach

article

Morphodynamics, boundary conditions and pattern evolution within a vegetated linear dunefield

Movement of a small slipfaceless dome dune in the Namib Sand Sea, Namibia

New airborne imaging radar observations of sand Dunes: Kelso Dunes, California

scientific article published in 1992

Observations of industrial sulfur flows: Implications for Io

On the formation of desert loess

Orbital Radar Studies of Paleodrainages in the Central Namib Desert

scientific article published in 2000

Origins and Sedimentary Features of Supersurfaces in the Northwestern Gran Desierto Sand Sea

Owens Lake dune fields: Composition, sources of sand, and transport pathways

Palaeoclimatic evidence from sand seas

scientific article published in 1990

Paleoenvironmental implications of fixed dune systems in Southern Africa

scientific article published in 1981

Particle size and sorting characteristics of sand in transport on the stoss slope of a small reversing dune

Planetary science. Linear dunes on Titan

scientific article

Preface to QI special issue: Sand seas and dunefields of the world

Quaternary climatic changes over Southern Arabia and the Thar Desert, India

Radiometric normalization and image mosaic generation of ASTER thermal infrared data: An application to extensive sand sheets and dune fields

scientific article published in 2008

Relations between aerodynamic and surface roughness in a hyper‐arid cold desert: McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

scientific article published in 2004

Response and recovery of the Eel River, California, and its tributaries to floods in 1955, 1964, and 1997

Response of aeolian systems to Holocene climatic and hydrologic changes on the northern margin of the Sahara: a high-resolution record from the Chott Rharsa basin, Tunisia

Sand transport by wind on complex surfaces: Field studies in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

scientific article published in 2010

Sedimentology and paleohydrology of Late Quaternary lake deposits in the northern Namib Sand Sea, Namibia

Spatial and temporal complexity in Quaternary desert datasets: implications for interpreting past dryland dynamics and understanding potential future changes

scholarly article

Star dunes

Summary of the Second International Planetary Dunes Workshop: Planetary Analogs — Integrating Models, Remote Sensing, and Field Data, Alamosa, Colorado, USA, May 18–21, 2010

Surface-sediment dynamics in a dust source from spaceborne multispectral thermal infrared data

scientific article published in 2008

TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL ASPECTS OF BLOWING DUST IN THE MOJAVE AND COLORADO DESERTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 1973–1994

Tectonic, hydrogeologic, and climatic controls on Late Holocene dune formation, China Lake basin, Indian Wells Valley, California, USA

Tertiary Tsondab Sandstone Formation: preliminary bedform reconstruction and comparison to modern Namib Sand Sea dunes

scholarly article

The INQUA Dunes Atlas chronologic database

The development of large aeolian bedforms

article

The formation of seif dunes from barchans - supporting evidence for Bagnold’s model from the Namib Desert

article by N. Lancaster published 14 July 1980 in Annals of Geomorphology

The sedimentary structure of linear sand dunes

scientific article published in July 2000

Tropical westerlies over Pangaean sand seas

Volcaniclastic aeolian dunes: terrestrial examples and application to martian sands

What sets aeolian dune height?

Winds and sand movements in the Namib Sand Sea

scientific article published in 1985