The physics of wind-blown sand and dust

JF Kok, EJR Parteli, TI Michaels… - Reports on progress in …, 2012‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The transport of sand and dust by wind is a potent erosional force, creates sand dunes and
ripples, and loads the atmosphere with suspended dust aerosols. This paper presents an …

Geomorphometry-diversity in quantitative surface analysis

RJ Pike - Progress in physical geography, 2000‏ - journals.sagepub.com
A widening variety of applications is diversifying geomorphometry (digital terrain modelling),
the quantitative study of topography. An amalgam of earth science, mathematics …

Influence of TOR kinase on lifespan in C. elegans

T Vellai, K Takacs-Vellai, Y Zhang, AL Kovacs, L Orosz… - Nature, 2003‏ - nature.com
The group of enzymes known as TOR (for'target of rapamycin') kinases regulates cell growth
and proliferation in response to nutrients and hormone-dependent mitogenic signals,. Here …

[ספר][B] Geomorphology of desert dunes

N Lancaster - 2013‏ - taylorfrancis.com
Untitled Page 1 Page 2 GEOMORPHOLOGY OF DESERT DUNES Sand dunes cover up to a
quarter of many desert regions. Determining the factors that determine their shape, size and …

Selection of dune shapes and velocities Part 1: Dynamics of sand, wind and barchans

B Andreotti, P Claudin, S Douady - The European Physical Journal B …, 2002‏ - Springer
Almost fifty years of investigations of barchan dunes morphology and dynamics is reviewed,
with emphasis on the physical understanding of these objects. The characteristic quantities …

Dissipative solitons

HG Purwins, HU Bödeker, S Amiranashvili - Advances in Physics, 2010‏ - Taylor & Francis
The present review summarizes experimental and theoretical work dealing with self-
organized solitary localized structures (LSs) that are observed in spatially extended …

Remote sensing and spatial analysis of aeolian sand dunes: A review and outlook

CH Hugenholtz, N Levin, TE Barchyn, MC Baddock - Earth-science reviews, 2012‏ - Elsevier
For more than four decades remote sensing images have been used to document and
understand the evolution of aeolian sand dunes. Early studies focused on map** and …

[ספר][B] Arid and semi-arid geomorphology

AS Goudie - 2013‏ - books.google.com
Based on four decades of research by Professor Andrew Goudie, this volume provides a
state-of-the-art synthesis of our understanding of desert geomorphology. It presents a truly …

Dynamics of secondary airflow and sediment transport over and in the lee of transverse dunes

IJ Walker, WG Nickling - Progress in Physical Geography, 2002‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Recent research literature on secondary airflow and sediment transport patterns over flow-
transverse dunes is reviewed. Various issues surrounding the behaviour, modelling and …

Minimal model for sand dunes

K Kroy, G Sauermann, HJ Herrmann - Physical Review Letters, 2002‏ - APS
We propose a minimal model for aeolian sand dunes. It combines an analytical description
of the turbulent wind velocity field above the dune with a continuum saltation model that …