Relations between dune morphology, air flow, and sediment flux on reversing dunes, Silver Peak, Nevada

Sedimentology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1103-1111

  Mckenna Neuman, C ^a   Lancaster, N ^b   Nickling, W G ^c  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN DEPOSIT; DUNE MORPHOLOGY; REVERSING DUNE; SEDIMENT FLUX; WIND SPEED;

USA, NEVADA, SILVER PEAK;

EID: 0031411929     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1997.d01-61.x     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Bagnold, R.A. (1973) The nature of saltation and 'bed-load' transport in water. Proc. Roy. Soc. London, A332, 473-504.
2. Beljaars, A.C.M., Walmsley, J.L. and Taylor, P.A. (1987) A mixed spectral finite-difference model for neutrally stratified boundary-layer flow over roughness changes and topography. Boundary-Layer Meteor., 38, 273-303.
3. Frank, A. and Kocurek, G. (1996) Airflow up the stoss slope of sand dunes: limitations of current understanding. Geomorphology, 17(1-3), 47-54.
4. Fredsoe, J. (1986) Shape and dimensions of dunes in open channel flow. In: Physics of Desertification (Ed. by F. El-Baz and M. H. A. Hassan). Martinus Nyhoff, Dordrecht.
5. Hunt, J.C.R. (1980) Wind over Hills: a Numerical Approach. Workshop on the Planetary Boundary Layer. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 107-144.
6. Hunt, J.C.R., Leibovich, S. and Richards, K.J. (1988) Turbulent shear flows over low hills. Quarterly J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 114, 1435-1470.
7. Iversen, J.D. and Rasmussen, K.R. (1994) The effect of surface slope on saltation threshold. Sedimentology, 41, 721-728.
8. Jackson, P.S. and Hunt, J.C.R. (1975) Turbulent wind flow over a low hill. Quarterly J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 101, 929-955.
9. Kawamura, R. (1951) Study of sand movement by wind, Institute of Science and Technology, Tokyo, pp. 95-112. Report 5, Tokyo, Japan.
10. Lancaster, N. (1995) Geomorphology of Desert Dunes. Routledge, London.
11. Lancaster, N., Nickling, W.G., McKenna Neuman, C.K. and Wyatt, V.E. (1996) Sediment flux and airflow on the stoss slope of a barchan dune. Geomorphology, 17(1-3), 55-62.
12. Lettau, K. and Lettau, H.H. (1978) Experimental and micro-meteorological field studies on dune migration. In: Exploring the World's Driest Climate (Ed. by K. Lettau and H. H. Lettau), pp. 110-147. Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
13. Maegley, W.J. (1976) Saltation and martian sandstorms. Rev. Geophys. Space Physics, 14, 135-142.
14. Middleton, G.V. and Southard, J.B. (1984) Mechanics of Sediment Movement. Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
15. Nickling, W.G. and McKenna Neuman, C. (1997) Wind tunnel evaluation of a wedge-shaped aeolian sediment trap. Geomorphology, 18, 333-345.
16. Owen, P.R. (1964) Saltation of uniform grains in air. J. Fluid Mechan., 20, 225-242.
17. Rasmussen, K.R., Iversen, J.D. and Rautahemio, P. (1996) Saltation and wind-flow interaction in a variable slope wind tunnel. Geomorphology, 17, 19-28.
18. Sweet, M.L. and Kocurek, G. (1990) An empirical model of aeolian dune lee-face airflow. Sedimentology, 37, 1023-1038.
19. Taylor, P.A. and Gent, P.R. (1974) A model of atmospheric boundary layer flow above an isolated two-dimensional hill; an example of flow above gentle topography. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 7, 349-362.
20. Tsoar, H. (1985) Profile analysis of sand dunes and their steady state significance. Geografiska Annaler, 67A, 47-59.
21. Wiggs, G.F.S. (1993) Desert dune dynamics and the evaluation of shear velocity: an integrated approach. In: The Dynamics and Environmental Context of Aeolian Sedimentary Systems (Ed. by K. Pye), pp. 37-48. Geological Society, London.
22. Xu, D. and Taylor, P.A. (1992) A non-linear extension of the mixed spectral finite difference model for neutrally stratified turbulent flow over topography. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 59, 177-186.