Crescentic dunes at Schiermonnikoog, the Netherlands

Patrick A. Hesp; Sebastiaan M. Arens

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199708)22:8<785::AID-ESP813>3.0.CO;2-F

Crescentic dunes at Schiermonnikoog, the Netherlands

Patrick A. Hesp, Sebastiaan M. Arens

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This paper describes the appearance and maintenance of crescentic dunes in high wind speed conditions on a frozen beach at Schiermonnikoog, The Netherlands. The dunes were crescentic forms with horns. They were barchanoidal in plan view, but had reverse morphologies to typical barnchans: the highest and steepest slopes were upwind and led to long low slopes downwind. Slipfaces were absent. It is hypothesized that such crescentic dunes may be a stable aerodynamic form under high to very high (c.15-20ms^-1) flow conditions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	785-788
Number of pages	4
Journal	Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Volume	22
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199708)22:8<785::AID-ESP813>3.0.CO;2-F
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 1997
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Barchans
Crescentic dunes
Dune morphology
Sand transport

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