What sets aeolian dune height?
Giant dunes—stunning landforms that grow in patterns as wind blows sand grains over thousands of years—are measured across the entire planet for the first time. With this data, it’s shown the dunes can, in principle, grow in scale indefinitely.
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| author | Andrew Gunn Giampietro Casasanta Luca Di Liberto Federico Falcini Nicholas Lancaster Douglas J. Jerolmack |
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| description | Giant dunes—stunning landforms that grow in patterns as wind blows sand grains over thousands of years—are measured across the entire planet for the first time. With this data, it’s shown the dunes can, in principle, grow in scale indefinitely. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c73d1fb875ed40a782c018a0def785462022-12-22T00:42:39ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232022-05-011311810.1038/s41467-022-30031-1What sets aeolian dune height?Andrew Gunn0Giampietro Casasanta1Luca Di Liberto2Federico Falcini3Nicholas Lancaster4Douglas J. Jerolmack5School of Earth Amtosphere and Environment, Monash UniversityInstitute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate - National Research Council of Italy (CNR-ISAC)Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate - National Research Council of Italy (CNR-ISAC)Institute of Marine Science - National Research Council of Italy (CNR-ISMAR)Earth & Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research InstituteDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of PennsylvaniaGiant dunes—stunning landforms that grow in patterns as wind blows sand grains over thousands of years—are measured across the entire planet for the first time. With this data, it’s shown the dunes can, in principle, grow in scale indefinitely.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30031-1 |
| spellingShingle | Andrew Gunn Giampietro Casasanta Luca Di Liberto Federico Falcini Nicholas Lancaster Douglas J. Jerolmack What sets aeolian dune height? Nature Communications |
| title | What sets aeolian dune height? |
| title_full | What sets aeolian dune height? |
| title_fullStr | What sets aeolian dune height? |
| title_full_unstemmed | What sets aeolian dune height? |
| title_short | What sets aeolian dune height? |
| title_sort | what sets aeolian dune height |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30031-1 |
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