Dynamic processes of a simple linear dune - A study in the Taklimakan Sand Sea, China

Geomorphology

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 233-241

  Wang, Xunming ^a   Dong, Zhibao ^a   Qu, Jianjun ^a   Zhang, Jiawu ^b   Zhao, Aiguo ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamic processes; Linear dunes; Taklimakan sand sea

Indexed keywords

DUNE FORMATION; GRAIN SIZE; SHEAR FLOW; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 0038721239     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(02)00258-1     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Anderson R.S. Sorensen M. Willetts B.B. A review of recent progress in our understanding of aeolian sediment transport Acta Mechanica Supplementum 1 1991 1-20
2. Bagnold R.A. The Physics of Blown Sand and Desert Dunes 1941 Methuen London 265 pp.
3. Bristow C.S. Bailey S.D. Lancaster N. The sedimentary structure of linear sand dunes Nature 406 2000 56-59
4. Chen W. Yang Z. Dong Z. Vertical distribution of wind-blown sand flux in the surface layer during sand storms in the Taklimakan desert, Central Asia Physical Geography 17 1996 193-218
5. Folk R.L. Ward W.C. Brazos River bar: a study in the significance of grain size parameters Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 27 1957 3-26
6. Greeley R. Iversen J.D. Wind as a Geological Process on Earth, Mars, Venus and Titan 1985 Cambridge Univ. Press Cambridge 333 pp.
7. Iversen J.D. Rasmussen K.R. The effect of surface slope on saltation threshold Sedimentology 41 1994 721-728
8. Iversen J.D. Rasmussen K.R. The effect of wind speed and bed slope on sand transport Sedimentology 46 1999 723-731
9. Lancaster N. Grain size characteristics of Namib Desert linear dunes Sedimentology 28 1981 115-122
10. Lancaster N. Geomorphology of Desert Dunes 1995 Routledge London 290 pp.
11. Lancaster N. Nickling W.G. McKenna Neuman C.K. Wyatt V.E. Sediment flux and airflow on the stoss slope of a barchan dune Geomorphology 17 1996 55-62
12. Lancaster N. Nickling W.G. McKenna Neuman C.K. Particle size and sorting characteristics of sand in transport on the stoss slope of a small reversing dune Geomorphology 43 2002 233-242
13. Livingstone I. Geomorphological significance of wind flow patterns over a Namib linear dune Nickling W.G. Aeolian Geomorphology 1986 97-112 Allen - Unwin Boston
14. Livingstone I. Grain-size variation on a 'complex' linear dune in the Namib Desert Frostick L. Reid I. Desert Sediments, Ancient and Modern Geological Society Special Publication vol. 35 1987 281-291 Blackwell Oxford
15. Livingstone I. Temporal trends in grain-size measures on a linear sand dune Sedimentology 36 1989 1017-1022
16. Livingstone I. Monitoring surface change on a Namib linear dune Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 14 1989 317-332
17. Livingstone I. A decade of surface change on a Namib linear dune Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 18 1993 661-664
18. Livingstone I. Warren A. Aeolian Geomorphology-An Introduction 1996 Addison Wesley Longman London 211 pp.
19. McKenna Neuman C. Maljaars M. Wind tunnel measurement of boundary-layer response to sediment transport Boundary-Layer Meteorology 84 1997 67-83
20. McKenna Neuman C. Lancaster N. Nickling W.G. Relations between dune morphology, airflow, and sediment flux on reversing dunes, Silver Peak, Nevada Sedimentology 44 1997 1103-1113
21. McKenna Neuman C. Lancaster N. Nickling W.G. The effect of unsteady winds on sediment transport on the stoss slope of a transverse dune, Silver Peak, NV, USA Sedimentology 47 2000 211-226
22. Owen P.R. The saltation of uniform sand in air Journal of Fluid Mechanics 20 1964 225-242
23. Rubin D.M. Hunter R.E. Why deposits of longitudinal dunes are rarely recognized in the geological record Sedimentology 32 1985 147-157
24. Sterk G. Jacobs A.F.G. Van Boxel J.H. The effect of turbulent flow structures on saltation sand transport in the atmospheric boundary layer Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 23 1998 877-887
25. Tsoar H. Dynamic processes acting on a longitudinal (seif) dune Sedimentology 30 1983 567-578
26. Tsoar H. Linear dunes-forms and formation Progress in Physical Geography 13 1989 507-528
27. Walker I.J. Secondary airflow and sediment transport in the lee of a reversing dune Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 24 1999 437-448
28. Wang X. Dong Z. Zhang J. Zhao A. Relations between morphology, airflow, sand flux, and particle size on transverse dunes, Taklimakan Sand Sea, China Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 27 2002 515-526
29. Wang X. Dong Z. Zhang J. Chen G. Geomorphology of sand dunes in northeast Taklimakan desert Geomorphology 42 2002 183-195
30. Watson A. Grain-size variations on a longitudinal dune and a barchan dune Sedimentary Geology 46 1986 49-66
31. Wiggs G.F.S. Desert dune dynamics and the evaluation of shear velocity: an integrated approach Pye K. The Dynamics and Environmental Context of Aeolian Sedimentology Systems Geological Society of London, Special Paper No. 72 1993 37-48 London
32. Wiggs G.F.S. Desert dune processes and dynamics Progress in Physical Geography 25 2001 53-79