ENVIRONMENT
AEOLIAN DEPOSITIONAL
ENVIRONMENTS-OVERVIEW
AEOLIAN TRANSPORT
AEOLIAN TRANSPORT
-Global wind patterns-
Deposits
consisting of
grains coarser
than
coarse
sand
are
unlikely to be
aeolian
deposits.
Air masses blowing over mountain ranges are forced upwards and are cooled,
and similarly the air is chilled when winds blow over ice caps: this results in
katabatic winds, which are strong, cold air masses moving down mountain
slopes or off the edges of ice masses.
AEOLIAN TRANSPORT
-Aeolian transport processes
At
high
wind
velocities silt- and
clay-sized
particles
are
carried
as
suspended load.
Airborne material
can be literally
carried
around
the
world
by
winds
and
be
deposited in all
depositional
environments.
DESERTS
AND ERGS
CHARACTERISTICS OF
WIND-BLOWN PARTICLES
-Texture of aeolian particles-
CHARACTERISTICS OF
WIND-BLOWN PARTICLES
-Texture of aeolian particles
CHARACTERISTICS OF
WIND-BLOWN PARTICLES
-Composition of aeolian deposits
CHARACTERISTICS OF
WIND-BLOWN PARTICLES
-Texture of aeolian particles
CHARACTERISTICS OF
WIND-BLOWN PARTICLES
-Texture of aeolian particles-
Windblown
carbonates
may
accumulate in temperate as well as
tropical settings: they are most
commonly found near to coasts, but
may also occur tens of kilometers
inland.
Aeolian carbonate deposits are more
stable features than dunes made of
quartz sand.
Lithified
wind-blown
carbonate
deposits are termed aeolianites, and
these may be locally important
components of coastal deposition.
AEOLIAN BEDFORMS
-Aeolian ripple bedforms
AEOLIAN BEDFORMS
-Aeolian dune bedforms
AEOLIAN BEDFORMS
-Aeolian dune bedforms
AEOLIAN BEDFORMS
-Aeolian dune bedforms
AEOLIAN BEDFORMS
-Draa bedforms
AEOLIAN BEDFORMS
-Palaeowind directions
DESERT ENVIRONMENTS
DESERT
ENVIRONMENTS
DESERT ENVIRONMENTS
-Water table
DESERT ENVIRONMENTS
-Water table-
DESERT ENVIRONMENTS
-Global climate variations
DESERT ENVIRONMENTS
-Colour in desert sediments
DESERT ENVIRONMENTS
-Colour in desert sediments
DESERT ENVIRONMENTS
-Life in deserts and fossils in aeolian deposits
Glacial
outwash
areas are
places where loose detritus that
has been released from melting
ice remains exposed on the
surface for long periods of time
because plant growth and soil
formation is slow in periglacial
regions.
Wind blowing over the outwash
plain can pick up sand and
redeposit
it
locally,
usually
against topographic features such
as the side of a valley.
These patches of aeolian sand
may therefore occur intercalated
with fluvio-glacial facies but
rarely form large deposits.
SUMMARY
SUMMARY
-Characteristics of aeolian deposits