Coastal aeolian sediment transport in an active bed surface layer: Tracer study and conceptual model

Connecting aeolian sediment transport with foredune development

Foredune volume is an important factor for coastal safety and depends on the balance between erosion through wave attack and sediment input via aeolian transport. Dune erosion can be simulated with good accuracy, but predictions of aeolian sediment transport into the foredunes are still difficult to make. As part of a larger project that aims to model foredune development over decades, the goal...

A New Conceptual Model for Aeolian Transport Rates on Beaches

In this paper a new conceptual model for aeolian sediment transport rates is presented. Traditional sediment transport formulations have known limitations when applied to coastal beach situations. A linear model for sediment transport rates with respect to wind speed is proposed and supported by both data and numerical model simulations. The presented model does not solve complex wind fields an...

Bed-load Transport of Mixed-size Sediment: Fractional Transport Rates, Bed Forms, and the Development of a Coarse Bed-surface Layer

Aeolian Transport of Coarse Sediment in the Modern Martian Environment

Introduction: Evidence of aeolian sandstone outcrops, migrating sand dunes, and changes in surface albedo changes caused by redistribution of surface dust on Mars demonstrate that aeolian processes have been and continue to be a dominant agent of surface modification [3] [7] [9]. It is known that strong wind events on Mars can be responsible for lifting large amounts of sediment into the atmosp...

Aeolian sediment transport following wildfire in sagebrush steppe

Wind erosion of soil is an appreciable but unstudied event following fires in cold desert. We examined aeolian transport of sediment for 1 year following fire in semi-arid shrub steppe on loess soils in southern Idaho, USA. Sediment collectors were used to determine horizontal mass transport of soil and saltation sensors and anemometers were used to determine saltation activity (fraction of tim...