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A study of global sand seas / Edwin D. McKee, editor ; prepared in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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- Book
- Government document
- Series:
- Geological Survey professional paper ; 1052.
- Geological Survey professional paper ; 1052
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sand dunes.
- Sand.
- dunes.
- Genre:
- Online resources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 429 pages) : illustrations
- Distribution:
- Washington : United States Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1979.
- Contents:
- Introduction to a study of global sand seas / Edwin D. McKee
- Textural parameters of eolian deposits / Thomas S. Ahlbrandt
- Differentiation of eolian deposits by discriminant analysis / R.J. Moiola and A.B. Spencer
- Red color in dune sand / Theodore R. Walker
- Sedimentary structures in dunes / Edwin D. Mckee
- Lagoa dune field, Brazil / Joao J. Bigarella
- Dune forms and wind regime / Steven G. Fryberger and Gary Dean
- Laboratory studies of sand patterns resulting from current movements / Theodore F. Tyler
- Ancient sandstones considered to be eolian / Edwin D. McKee and Joao J. Bigarella
- Sediments of ancient eolian environments
- Reservoir inhomogeneity / Robert Lupe and Thomas S. Ahlbrandt
- Morphology and distribution of dunes in sand seas observed by remote sensing / Carol S. Breed and Teresa Grow
- Regional studies of sand seas using Landsat (ERTS) imagery / Carol S. Breed, Steven C. Fryberger, Sarah Andrews, Camilla McCauley, Frances Lennartz, Dana Gebel, and Kevin Horstman.
- Credits:
- "Prepared in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration."
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed October 6, 2014).
- Also available online in PDF format from the U.S. Geological Survey Warehouse (http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/).
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-421) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2019.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Study of global sand seas
- OCLC:
- 896810681
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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