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Definition

A dune is an aeolian or subaqueous landform created from the movement of sand-sized grains of unconsolidated sediments by wind or current action. An aeolian dune is a hill, mound, or ridge of sand or other loose material, such as aggregated clay particles (as in lunettes). A subaqueous dune is a water-formed bedform >0.6 m in wavelength.

Category

A type of bedform

Morphology

  1. (1)

    Stoss side (backslope/the windward side/upwind side/luv side, facing dominant wind direction and direction from which dune has migrated). This side is dominated by erosion (Fig. 1).

  2. (2)

    Crest. A dune summit; it is the highest natural projection of a dune. Flow separation often occurs near the crest of the dune (Thomas 1989 and references therein).

  3. (3)

    Lee side. It is the sheltered side, turned away from the wind. All dunes have a lee side.

    1. (3.1)

      Brink. The top of the slip face of a dune on the lee side. It may correspond to the crest. Dune brinks may be crisp (typical for active dunes), rounded, or...

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    Marco Cardinale

  2. Planetary Science Research Group, Eötvös Loránd University, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

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Cardinale, M., Hargitai, H., Fitzsimmons, K.E. (2014). Dune. In: Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9213-9_163-1

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