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Author : Walker, I.J.; and W.G. Nickling
Date : 2002.
Title : Dynamics of secondary airflow and sediment transport over and in the lee of transverse dunes
Publication : Progress in Physical Geography
Issue : 26(1):
Page(s) : 47-75.
Abstract
Recent research literature on secondary airflow and sediment transport patterns over flow-transverse dunes is reviewed. Various issues surrounding the behaviour, modelling and sedimentological implications of near-surface airflow dynamics over dunes are discussed, including: the Law of the Wall; the Jackson and Hunt airflow model; the effects of streamline compression, acceleration and curvature on stoss slope shear stress; and, in particular, recent efforts to characterize secondary lee-side airflow patterns. A revised conceptual model of leeside airflow is presented and areas for further research are identified regarding the implications of such patterns for dune sedimentary dynamics, morphology, and migration.
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