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Keywords: Dunes, Loess, Sediments, Sand, Aeolus

Related Terms: Alluvium, Arenaceous, Clay, Cobble, Conglomerate , Deflation, Deposit, Detrital, Eolian, Gravel, Loam, Loess, Overburden, Placer, Sand, Sediment, Sedimentary, Shingle, Silt, Till, Sediments, Lithification, Tillite, Turbidite, Bedrock, Parent Material, Sedimentary Rocks, Siltation, Colluvium, Clay Soil, Varve, Ventifact, Glacial Till, Soil Texture, Sedimentary Rock, Sand Dune, Deposition, Regolith, Unconsolidated, Desert Pavement, Silica Sand, Placer Deposit, Boulder Clay, Graded Bedding, Surficial, Gradation, Sandy Loam, Lithify, Stratified Drift, Alluvial Deposits

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Sediments, usually sand, deposited after transport by the wind.

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A variety of deposits or sediments that are deposited by wind and consist of sand or dust (loess).

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Sediments, usually sand, depositied after transport by the wind.

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Material, predominantly sand and silt-sized particles, transported and deposited by wind. Sand dunes are examples of aeolian deposits. [Gk. Aeolus, god of winds.

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Wind-deposited SEDIMENTS, such as SAND DUNES. See Figure 8.

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Fine sediments transported and deposited by wind, they include loess, dunes,desert sand and some volcanic ash.

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