Wind Erosion and dep
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| deflation | lifting and removal of loose materials by wind
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| desert pavement | a surface layer closely packed or cemented pebbled from which fine material have been removed by wind in arid regions; deflations leads to this
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| blowout | a depression concavated by the wind in easy eroded deposits
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| loess | wind deposit; wind carried materials far from its source
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| leeward side of sand dune | slip face; angle of repose
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| windward side of sand dunes | cross beds
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| barchan dunes | slowest wind speed; nor water or vegetation; shaped like crescent; solitary; tips point downward
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| transverse dunes | highest wind speed; no vegetation or water; form series of long ridges oriented at right angle
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| barchanoid dunes | medium wind speed; type of transverse dune; no vegetation or water
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| longitudinal dunes | no vegetation or water; forms parallel to prevailing wind
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| parabolic dunes | vegetation is present; forms when vegetation partially covers sand
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| star dunes | no vegetation or water; forms the wing direction is varied
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| suspension | when very fine first or dust particles are lifted not the wind
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| slatation | the movement of hard particles such as sand over an uneven surface in a turbulent flow or air or water
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| surface creep | process in which large particles which are too heave to be lofted into the air are moved by wind (blowout)
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