But because deserts are inhospitable and sand has scant commercial value, the subdiscipline of dunes had to wait until ... but from the middle of its lakeward slope, the side still open to the ...

The sand that makes up the dunes had traveled ... I took off at sunrise, running down the windward slope of the dune. After gaining 500 feet, I felt like an insect flying over an enormous conveyor ...

Not all sand is created equal, especially when it comes to making dunes sing. Booming dunes are made up of grains that are nearly uniform in size, typically between 0.1 and 0.5 millimeters in ...

Iverson, J. D. & Rasmussen, K. R. The effect of wind speed and bed slope on sand transport. Sedimentology 46, 723-731 (1999). Olson, J. S. Lake Michigan dune development — plants as agents and ...

As an incipient foredune builds up, and out, sand inundation and salt spray levels decrease, while nutrient levels and vegetation cover increase, resulting in more stable dunes. The lee slope (i.e ...

Thanks to images in publications such as this and all across the internet, we know what to expect when we arrive at Great ...