Aeolian dust and dust deposits. (1987)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kenneth Pye.
• Other Names: Pye, Kenneth
• Contents: Preface; ; 1 The General Nature and Significance of Windborne Dust; ; 1.1 The Nature of Aeolian Dust; ; 1.2 Sources of Dust; ; 1.3 Previous Studies of Aeolian Dust and Dust Deposits; ; 1.4 The Importance of Aeolian Dust and Loess; ; 2 Mechanisms of Fine-Particle Formation; ; 2.1 Release of Particles from Fine-Grained Parent Rocks; ; 2.2 Glacial Grinding; ; 2.3 Frost Weathering; ; 2.4 Fluvial Comminution; ; 2.5 Aeolian Abrasion; ; 2.6 Salt Weathering; ; 2.7 Combined Salt and Frost Action; ; 2.8 Chemical Weathering; ; 2.9 Insolation Weathering; ; 2.10 Fine Particles of Biological Origin; ; 2.11 Formation of Clay Pellets; ; 2.12 The Relative Importance of Different Particle Formation Mechanisms; ; 3 Dust Entrainment, Transport and Deposition; ; 3.1 Particle Forces; ; 3.2 Particle Entrainment; ; 3.3 Dispersion of Dust Deflated from the Earth's Surface; ; 3.4 Dispersion of Dust from Volcanic Eruptions; ; 3.5 Dust Deposition; ; 4 Dust Sources, Sinks and Rates of Deposition; ; 4.1 Global Dust Sources; ; 4.2 Types of Terrain Favourable for Dust Deflation; ; 4.3 Global Dust Sinks; ; 4.4 Dust Concentrations in the Air; ; 4.5 Annual Frequency of Modern Dust Storms; ; 4.6 Rates of Dust Deposition Estimated from Ocean Cores; ; 4.7 Rates of Continental Dust Deposition; ; 5 Dust-Transporting Wind Systems; ; 5.1 Dust Devils; ; 5.2 Downdraught Haboobs; ; 5.3 Dust Storms Associated with Steep Pressure Gradients and Low-Level Troughs; ; 5.4 Dust-Transporting Wind Systems in West Africa; ; 5.5 Dust Storms Associated with Depressions and Cold Fronts; ; 5.6 Long-Range Transport of Dust by Jet Streams; ; 5.7 Transport of Dust Over the British Isles and Continental Europe; ; 5.8 Fohn and Valley Winds; ; 6 Grain Size, Mineralogy and Chemical Composition of Aeolian Dust; ; 6.1 Grain Size of Suspended Dust above a Wind-Eroded Surface; ; 6.2 Grain Size of Aeolian Dust Transported Over Relatively Short Distances; ; 6.3 Grain Size of Far-Travelled Dust; ; 6.4 Mixtures of Local and Far-Travelled Dust; ; 6.5 Mineral Composition of Dust; ; 6.6 Chemical Composition of Dust; ; 6.7 Oxygen Isotope Ratios of Quartz in Dust; ; 6.8 Magnetic Differentiation of Atmospheric Dusts; ; 7 Implications of Dust Deflation, Transport and Deposition; ; 7.1 Deflation Problems; ; 7.2 Prediction of Soil Erosion by Wind; ; 7.3 Problems Associated with the Transport of Sand and Dust; ; 7.4 Implications of Dust Deposition; ; 8 Dust Deposition in the Oceans; ; 8.1 The Effect of Dust Deposition on the Composition of Modern Ocean Sediments; ; 8.2 Oceanic Dust Deposition During the Late Cenozoic; ; 8.3 Record of Quaternary Dust Deposition Preserved in Ice Cores; ; 9 Loess; ; 9.1 Definition of Loess; ; 9.2 Loess Distribution; ; 9.3 Thickness and Morphology of Loess Deposits; ; 9.4 Physical and Chemical Properties of Loess; ; 9.5 Loess Landforms; ; 9.6 Theories of Loess Origin; ; 9.7 Stages in the Formation of Loess; ; 9.8 Quaternary History of Loess Deposition; ; References; ; Index;
• Publisher Details: London Orlando : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 1987
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 334 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 551.3/04; 551.3/7; Eolian processes; Dust; Loess; Processus éoliens; Poussière; Lœss; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Dust; Eolian processes; Loess; Eolische sedimenten; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780125686907; 0125686900; 9781483289014
• Related ISBNs: 148328901X; 0125686919; 9780125686914
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-329) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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