The environmental significance of ventifacts: A critical review

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 86, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 89-105

  Knight, Jasper ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coasts; deserts; mountains; periglacial; sediment dynamics; wind abrasion

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; MARS; MORPHOLOGY; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; WIND DIRECTION; WIND EROSION;

EID: 36849052942     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

References (99)

1. Adrian R.J. Twenty years of particle image velocimetry. Experiments in Fluids 39 (2005) 159-169
2. Allen J.R.L. Sedimentary Structures - their character and physical basis. Developments in Sedimentology 30B vol II (1982), Elsevier, Amsterdam
3. Anderson R.S. Erosion profiles due to particles entrained by wind: application of an eolian sediment-transport model. Geological Society of America Bulletin 97 (1986) 1270-1278
4. Arens S.M. Rates of aeolian transport on a beach in a temperate humid climate. Geomorphology 17 (1996) 3-18
5. Ashwell A.Y. Glacial control on wind and of soil erosion in Iceland. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 56 (1966) 529-540
6. Bather F.A. Wind-worn pebbles in the British Isles. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 16 (1900) 396-420
7. Bishop D.G., and Mildenhall D.C. The geological setting of ventifacts and wind-sculpted rocks at Mason Bay, Stewart Island, and their implications for late Quaternary paleoclimates. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 37 (1994) 169-180
8. Blackwelder E. Sandblast action in relation to the glaciers of the Sierra Nevada. Journal of Geology 37 (1929) 256-260
9. Blake W.P. On the grooving and polishing of hard rocks and minerals by dry sand. American Journal of Science 20 (1855) 178-181
10. Bosworth T.O. Wind erosion on the coast of Mull. Geological Magazine 7 (1910) 353-355
11. Braley S.M., and Wilson P. Ventifacts from the coast of Northumberland. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 108 (1997) 141-147
12. Bridges N.T., Greeley R., Haldemann A.F.C., Herkenhoff K.E., Kraft M., Parker T.J., and Ward A.W. Ventifacts at the Pathfinder landing site. Journal of Geophysical Research 104 (1999) 8595-8615
13. Bridges N.T., Laity J.E., Greeley R., Phoreman J., and Eddlemon E.E. Insights on rock abrasion and ventifact formation from laboratory and field analog studies with applications to Mars. Planetary and Space Science 52 (2004) 199-213
14. Bridges N.T., Razdan A., Greeley R., and Laity J.E. High resolution laser scanning techniques for rock abrasion and texture analyses on Mars and Earth. Lunar and Planetary Science 35 (2004) 1897
15. Bridges N.T., Phoreman J., White B.R., Greeley R., Eddlemon E.E., Wilson G.R., and Meyer C.J. Trajectories and energy transfer of saltating particles onto rock surfaces: application to abrasion and ventifact formation on Earth and Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research 110 E12004 (2005) 10.1029/2004JE002388
16. Bromwich D.H. An extraordinary katabatic wind regime at Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica. Monthly Weather Review 117 (1989) 688-695
17. Bryan K. Wind-worn stones or ventifacts - a discussion and bibliography. Report of the Committee on Sedimentation, 1929-1930. Reprint and Circular Series of the National Research Council 98 (1931) 29-50
18. Christiansen H.H. Windpolished boulders and bedrock in the Scottish Highlands: evidence and implications of Late Devensian wind activity. Boreas 33 (2004) 82-94
19. Christiansen H.H., and Svensson H. Windpolished boulders as indicators of a Late Weichselian wind regime in Denmark in relation to neighbouring areas. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 9 (1998) 1-21
20. Clark T.H., and Elson J.A. Ventifacts and eolian sand at Charette, P.Q. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada 55 (1961) 1-11
21. Clark R., and Wilson P. Occurrence and significance of ventifacts in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic. Geografiska Annaler 74A (1992) 35-46
22. Delo D.M. Dreikanter in Wyoming and Montana. Science NS 72 (1876) 604
23. Dietrich R.V. Impact abrasion of harder by softer materials. Journal of Geology 85 (1977) 242-246
24. Dong Z., Liu X., Wang H., Zhao A., and Wang X. The flux profile of a blowing sand cloud: a wind tunnel investigation. Geomorphology 49 (2002) 219-230
25. Dreimanis A. Water-eroded crescentic scours and furrows associated with subglacial flutes at Breidamerkurjökull, Iceland. Boreas 22 (1993) 110-112
26. Els B.G. The auriferous late Archaean sedimentation systems of South Africa: unique palaeo-environmental conditions?. Sedimentary Geology 120 (1998) 205-224
27. Evans J.W. Dreikanter. Geological Magazine 8 (1911) 334-335
28. Fisher T.G. Sand-wedge and ventifact palaeoenvironmental indicators in north-west Saskatchewan, Canada, 11 ka to 9.9 ka BP. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 7 (1996) 391-408
29. French H.M., and Guglielmin M. Observations on the ice-marginal, periglacial geomorphology of Terra Nova Bay, northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 10 (1999) 331-347
30. Gill T.E., Warren A., and Stout J.E. Bibliography of Aeolian Research (2007). http://www.lbk.ars.usda.gov/wewc/biblio/bar.htm Available from http://www.lbk.ars.usda.gov/wewc/biblio/bar.htm (accessed 11 June 2007).
31. Gray J.M. p-forms from the Isle of Mull. Scottish Journal of Geology 17 (1981) 39-47
32. Greely R., and Iversen J.D. Wind as a geological process on Earth, Mars, Venus and Titan (1985), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
33. Grolier M.J., McCauley J.F., Breed C.S., and Embabi N.S. Yardangs of the Western Desert. Geographical Journal 146 (1980) 86-87
34. Grove J.M. Little Ice Ages: ancient and modern (2004), Routledge, London
35. Halimov M., and Fezer F. Eight yardang types in Central Asia. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie NF 33 (1989) 205-217
36. Hickox Jr. C.F. Formation of ventifacts in a moist, temperate climate. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 70 (1959) 1489-1490
37. Higgins C.G. Formation of small ventifacts. Journal of Geology 64 (1956) 506-516
38. Hoare P.G., Stevenson C.R., and Godby S.P. Sand sheets and ventifacts: the legacy of aeolian action in west Norfolk, UK. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 113 (2002) 301-317
39. Isarin R.F.B., Renssen H., and Koster E.A. Surface wind climate during the Younger Dryas in Europe as inferred from aeolian records and model simulations. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 134 (1997) 127-148
40. Jackson D.W.T., and Cooper J.A.G. Formation of ephemeral bedform turrets in coastal foredunes. Journal of Geology 107 (1999) 633-639
41. King L.C. Wind-faceted stones from Marlborough, New Zealand. Journal of Geology 44 (1936) 201-213
42. Knight J. Wind abrasion (ventifaction) on Donegal and Oregon coasts and implications for the sediment dynamics of coastal systems. Journal of Coastal Research Special Issue 36 (2002) 441-449
43. Knight J. A note on the formation of ventifacts at Castlerock, Northern Ireland coast. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences 21 (2003) 39-45
44. Knight J. Controls on the formation of coastal ventifacts. Geomorphology 64 (2005) 243-253
45. Knight J., and Burningham H. Formation of bedrock-cut ventifacts and late Holocene coastal zone evolution, County Donegal, Ireland. Journal of Geology 109 (2001) 647-660
46. Knight J., and Burningham H. Recent ventifact development on the Oregon coast, western USA. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 28 (2003) 87-98
47. Kolstrup E. Wind blown sand and palynological records in past environments. Aarhus Geoscience 7 (1997) 91-100
48. Kolstrup E. Lateglacial older and younger coversand in northwest Europe: chronology and relation to climate and vegetation. Boreas 36 (2007) 65-75
49. Kuenen P.H. Experiments on the formation of wind-worn pebbles. Leidsche Geologische Medellinger 3 (1928) 17-28
50. Kuenen P.H. Experimental abrasion 4: eolian action. Journal of Geology 68 (1960) 427-449
51. Laity J.E. Topographic effects on ventifact development, Mojave Desert, California. Physical Geography 8 (1987) 113-132
52. Laity J.E. Ventifact evidence for Holocene wind patterns in the east-central Mojave Desert. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie NF Supplementbund 84 (1992) 73-88
53. Laity J.E. Wind abrasion and ventifact formation in California. In: Tchakerian V.P. (Ed). Desert Aeolian Processes (1995), Chapman and Hall, London 295-321
54. Leonard A.J., Moore A.G., and Selwood E.B. Ventifacts from a deflation surface marking the top of the Budleigh Salterton Pebble Beds, east Devon. Proceedings of the Ussher Society 5 (1982) 333-339
55. Lindsay J.F. Ventifact evolution in Wright Valley, Antarctica. Geological Society of America Bulletin 84 (1973) 1791-1798
56. Mackay J.R., and Burn C.R. A long-term field study (1951-2003) of ventifacts formed by katabatic winds at Paulatuk, western Arctic coast, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 42 (2005) 1615-1635
57. Malin M.C. Rates of geomorphic modification in ice-free areas southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Antarctic Journal of the United States 20 (1986) 18-21
58. Maxson J.H. Fluting and faceting of rock fragments. Journal of Geology 48 (1940) 717-751
59. Miotke F.-D. Formation and rate of formation of ventifacts in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Polar Geomorphology 6 (1982) 98-113
60. Namikas S.L. Field measurement and numerical modelling of aeolian mass flux distributions on a sandy beach. Sedimentology 50 (2003) 303-326
61. Naylor L.A., Viles H.A., and Carter N.E.A. Biogeomorphology revisited: looking towards the future. Geomorphology 47 (2002) 3-14
62. Parish T.R., and Bromwich D.H. Continental-scale simulation of the Antarctic katabatic wind regime. Journal of Climate 4 (1991) 135-146
63. Powers W.E. The evidences of wind abrasion. Journal of Geology 44 (1936) 214-219
64. Pye K., and Tsoar H. Aeolian Sand and Sand Dunes (1990), Unwin Hyman, London
65. Ritter D.F., and Dutcher R.R. Geomorphic controls on the origin and location of the Tolman Ranch ventifact site, Park County, Wyoming, USA. Journal of Geology 98 (1990) 943-954
66. Rudberg S. Wind erosion - preparation of maps showing the direction of eroding winds. Biuletyn Peryglacjalny 17 (1968) 181-193
67. Schlyter P. Paleo-ventifact formation by suspended silt or snow - site studies in south Sweden. Geografiska Annaler 76A (1994) 187-201
68. Schlyter P. Ventifacts as palaeo-wind indicators in southern Scandinavia. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 6 (1995) 207-219
69. Schoewe W.H. Experiments on the formation of wind-faceted pebbles. American Journal of Science 140 (1932) 111-134
70. Selby M.J. Transverse erosional marks on ventifacts from Antarctica. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 20 (1977) 949-969
71. Selby M.J., Palmer R.W.P., Smith C.J.R., and Rains R.B. Ventifact distribution and wind directions in the Victoria Valley, Antarctica. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 16 (1973) 303-306
72. Sellier D. Contribution à la caractérisation des marques de la corrosion éolienne par l'analyse exoscopique de ventifacts du Massif armoricain. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie NF 50 (2006) 393-420
73. Seppälä M. Wind as a Geomorphic Agent in Cold Climates (2004), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
74. Sharp R.P. Pleistocene ventifacts east of the Big Horn Mountains, Wyoming. Journal of Geology 57 (1949) 175-195
75. Sharp R.P. Wind-driven sand in Coachella Valley, California. Geological Society of America Bulletin 75 (1964) 785-804
76. Sharp R.P. Wind-driven sand in Coachella Valley, California: further data. Geological Society of America Bulletin 91 (1980) 724-730
77. Shepherd M. Wave-faceted pebbles, Sovi Bay Beach, Viti Levu, Fiji. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, N.F. 47 (2003) 439-448
78. Spate A.P., Burgess J.S., and Shevlin J. Rates of rock surface lowering, Princess-Elizabeth-Land, eastern Antarctica. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 20 (1995) 567-573
79. Stowe E. On the effects of wind-blown sand as a cutting agent. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 5 (1872) 105-106
80. Sugden D.E., Summerfield M.A., Denton G.H., Wilch T.I., McIntosh W.C., Marchant D.R., and Rutford R.H. Landscape development in the Royal Society Range, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica: stability since the mid-Miocene. Geomorphology 28 (1999) 181-200
81. Suzuki T., and Takahashi K. An experimental study of wind abrasion. Journal of Geology 89 (1981) 23-36
82. Svensson H. Ventifacts as paleowind indicators in a former periglacial area of southern Scandinavia. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Permafrost (1983), National Academy Press, Washington DC 1217-1220
83. Thompson D.B., and Worsley P. Periods of ventifact formation in the Permo-Triassic and Quaternary of the north east Cheshire Basin. Mercian Geologist 2 (1967) 279-298
84. Thorson R.M., and Schile C.A. Deglacial eolian regimes in New England. GSA Bulletin 107 (1995) 751-761
85. Tomkin J.H., and Braun J. The influence of alpine glaciation on the relief of tectonically active mountain belts. American Journal of Science 302 (2002) 169-190
86. Travers W.T.L. On the sandworn stones of Evans' Bay. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 2 (1870) 247-248
87. Tremblay L.P. Wind striations in northern Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada. Geological Society of America Bulletin 72 (1961) 1561-1564
88. Wade A. On the formation of dreikante in desert regions. Geological Magazine 7 (1910) 394-398
89. Wentworth C.K., and Dickey R.I. Ventifact locality in the United States. Journal of Geology 43 (1935) 97-105
90. Whitney M.I. Electron micrography of mineral surfaces subject to wind-blast erosion. Geological Society of America Bulletin 90 (1979) 917-934
91. Whitney M.I., and Dietrich R.V. Ventifact sculpture by windblown dust. Geological Society of America Bulletin 84 (1973) 2561-2582
92. Willert C. Stereoscopic digital particle image velocimetry for application in wind tunnel flows. Measurement Science and Technology 8 (1997) 1465-1479
93. Wilshire H.G., Nakata J.K., and Hallet B. Field observations of the December 1997 wind storm, San Joaquim Valley, California. In: Péwé T.L. (Ed). Desert Dust: Origin, Characteristics, and Effect on Man. Geological Society of America Special Paper vol. 186 (1981) 233-251
94. Wilson P. Sediment clasts and ventifacts from the north coast of Northern Ireland. Irish Naturalists' Journal 23 (1991) 446-450
95. Wilson P., Christiansen H.H., and Ross S.M. The geomorphological context and significance of wind-abraded gravels, boulders and outcrops from the coast of Scotland. Scottish Geographical Journal 118 (2002) 41-57
96. Wilson P., and Edwards E.J. Further examples of ventifacts and unusual patterned ground from the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic. Geografiska Annaler 86A (2004) 107-115
97. Wilson P., McGourty J., and Bateman M.D. Mid- to late-Holocene coastal dune event stratigraphy for the north coast of Northern Ireland. Holocene 14 (2004) 406-416
98. Woodworth J.B. Post-glacial eolian action in southern New England. American Journal of Science 47 (1894) 63-71
99. Zhang W., Wang Y., and Lee S.-J. Two-phase measurements of wind and saltating sand in an atmospheric boundary layer. Geomorphology 88 (2007) 109-119