from Part V - Sand Seas and Dune Fields
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 March 2023
Most sand seas and dune fields exhibit clear spatial patterns of dune morphological type as well as variations in sediment thickness, dune size, crest length, and spacing. These patterns are the geomorphic expression of the factors that have controlled sand sea development in time and space. They reflect the self-organizing nature of dune systems as well as the external geomorphic and climatic environment (boundary conditions) in which the sand sea has evolved.
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