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Sand dune creation Some linear sand dunes may have formed through a process called wind-rift erosion, rather than simple deposits of windblown sand, a new study has found. The findings published ...

In a study commissioned by SITLA, the Utah Geological Survey analyzed sand from 60 sites around the state and found promising sources in southwest Utah’s eolian sand dunes.

Architecture of Eolian successions under icehouse and greenhouse conditions ... such as sand dune fields) to global climatic shifts between icehouse and greenhouse climates, ...

Ancient seas left an expanse of rolling gypsum dunes known as White Sands in New Mexico, and within this surreal landscape ...

More information: Grace I.E. Cosgrove et al. Quantitative analysis of the sedimentary architecture of eolian successions developed under icehouse and greenhouse climatic conditions, GSA Bulletin ...

Early adaptation to eolian sand dunes by basal amniotes is documented in two Pennsylvanian Grand Canyon trackways. PLOS ONE , 2020; 15 (8): e0237636 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237636 Cite This Page : ...

Star dunes are common, but scientists have long wondered about their formation and puzzling absence in the geological record. Now, research has revealed new clues.