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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
Winds and sand movements in the Namib Sand Sea
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Volume 10, No. 6, Year 1985
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Wind regimes in the vicinity of the Namib Sand Sea are high energy unimodal near the coast, becoming bimodal or complex inland. There is an overall decrease in wind energy and sand transport rates from south to north and west to east, such that sand moves from coastal and southern source areas to accumulate in the northern and central parts of the sand sea. Such a pattern can explain much of the observed spatial variability in dune types, sizes, and sediment characteristics and lends support to a climatic model of sand sea formation in this region. Seasonal and daily cycles of wind velocity and direction give rise to episodic sand transport, most of which is generated by winds of moderate velocity and frequency. Copyright © 1985 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Authors & Co-Authors
Lancaster, N.
Namibia, Swakopmund
Desert Ecological Research Unit of Namibia
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
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Citations: 95
Authors: 1
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1002/esp.3290100608
ISSN:
01979337
e-ISSN:
10969837
Research Areas
Environmental