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    lack of soil moisture and a large supply of unconsolidated sediments. Although water is a much more powerful eroding force than wind, aeolian processes...
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    The Aeolian Islands (/iːˈoʊliən/ ee-OH-lee-ən; Italian: Isole Eolie [ˈiːzole eˈɔːlje]; Sicilian: Ìsuli Eoli), sometimes referred to as the Lipari Islands...
    22 KB (2,355 words) - 21:28, 17 November 2024
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    prairies containing soil-stabilizing grasses. While droughts in the region were common, during the following drought, aeolian soil erosion was exacerbated...
    25 KB (2,859 words) - 00:31, 2 October 2024
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    Dust (redirect from Aeolian dust)
    particles in the atmosphere that come from various sources such as soil lifted by wind (an aeolian process), volcanic eruptions, and pollution. Dust in homes...
    24 KB (2,672 words) - 05:43, 1 November 2024
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    gravel and sand collect at the bottom of a river bed. Wind blown soil deposits (aeolian soils) also tend to be sorted according to their grain size. Erosion...
    60 KB (8,949 words) - 18:55, 14 November 2024
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    precipitation as well as longstanding flawed farming practices that exacerbated aeolian soil erosion and dust storm activity. This includes the practice of leaving...
    17 KB (2,206 words) - 01:55, 23 October 2024
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    Loess (redirect from Loess soil)
    is covered by loesses or similar deposits. A loess is a periglacial or aeolian (windborne) sediment, defined as an accumulation of 20% or less of clay...
    33 KB (3,850 words) - 11:17, 18 November 2024
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    erosion, snow erosion, wind (aeolian) erosion, zoogenic erosion and anthropogenic erosion such as tillage erosion. Soil erosion may be a slow process...
    76 KB (8,824 words) - 14:29, 21 November 2024
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    Sediment (redirect from Sedimentary soil)
    are most often transported by water (fluvial processes), but also wind (aeolian processes) and glaciers. Beach sands and river channel deposits are examples...
    22 KB (2,814 words) - 19:56, 18 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Niveo-aeolian deposition
    distinct layers. Niveo-aeolian deposition plays an important role in soil transport in cold climates, such as the formation of loess soils in Alaska through...
    6 KB (731 words) - 23:17, 1 January 2022
  • Urban Development. ...application is limited by the soil conditions and whilst ideal in the aeolian sands, it may not be appropriate in the fluvial deposits...
    17 KB (1,946 words) - 11:20, 16 January 2024
  • and gravity: Aeolian processes (movement by wind) are capable of moving silt and fine sand many hundreds of miles, forming loess soils (60–90 percent...
    90 KB (9,573 words) - 21:32, 11 November 2024
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    Ridge (section Aeolian ridge)
    Hydrothermal, Tectonic and Structural, Slope, and Erosional subgroups. Aeolian dune ridge An aeolian dune ridge is a ridge of sand piled up by the wind. A sand dune...
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    Italian islands of Pantelleria and the Aeolian Islands, especially Salina. Capers from Pantelleria and the Aeolian islands are recognized as European PGI...
    31 KB (3,611 words) - 22:16, 26 November 2024
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    areas) to the atmosphere via a variety of mechanical processes such as aeolian soil erosion, sea spray production, or mechanical disturbances including anthropogenic...
    176 KB (17,410 words) - 14:04, 8 September 2024
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    Viking Infrared Thermal Mapper (IRTM) data, and immobile under current aeolian (wind) conditions. Consequently, rocks classify as grains exceeding the...
    47 KB (4,737 words) - 00:35, 4 November 2024
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    Terra rossa (Italian for 'red soil') is a well-drained, reddish, clayey to silty soil with neutral pH conditions and is typical of the Mediterranean region...
    7 KB (868 words) - 20:58, 1 April 2024
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    Wind (redirect from Aeolian activity)
    destroyed. Winds can shape landforms, via a variety of aeolian processes such as the formation of fertile soils, for example loess, and by erosion. Dust from large...
    106 KB (11,237 words) - 06:45, 23 November 2024
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    Saltation layers can also form in avalanches.[citation needed] Aeolian landform Aeolian processes Bagnold formula Saltation (biology) Saltatory conduction...
    7 KB (756 words) - 19:28, 6 February 2023
  • The Bibliography of Aeolian Research (BAR) is a comprehensive 2015 bibliography focused on the study of the detachment, transport, and deposition of sediments...
    5 KB (608 words) - 00:42, 22 January 2024
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