Mega-Yardangs
A Global Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5877645 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Goudie (0000-0002-5496-8207, University of Oxford, corresponding author), Andrew S Goudie |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 65-81 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geography Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-8198 • E-ISSN: 1749-8198 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2006.00003.x |
| OpenAlex | W2023640435 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 33 |
Yardangs, analogues of which occur on Mars and possibly on Venus, are wind moulded landforms that develop in the world's drylands. Mega-yardangs (wind-abraded, ridge, and swale features of regional extent) are easily identified on satellite images and these have been employed to map their global distribution. Areas where they are present include Central Asia, the Lut Desert of Iran, northern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the Libyan Desert in Egypt, the central Sahara, the Namib Desert, the high Andes and the Peruvian Desert. These features develop in a wide range of rock types, including sandstones, ignimbrites, limestones and basement rocks, occur in hyper-arid areas, form where winds tend to be unimodal in direction, are best developed in areas of sand transport rather than sand accumulation, and occur in plains rather than in mountainous areas
Aeolian processes · Arid · Earth science · Geography · Geomorphology · Landform · Mars Exploration Program · Physical geography · Ridge · Sand dune stabilization · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Marine and environmental studies · Planetary Science and Exploration · Geology · Paleontology
Eight yardang types in Central Asia
Holocene playa deposits of Farafra Oasis, Egypt, and their palaeoclimatic and geoarchaeological significance
The Depression of Sistan in Eastern Persia
The Landscape in Aridity
An Expedition to the Gilf Kebir and 'Uweinat, 1938
Climatic Accidents in Landscape-Making
The Prehistoric Geography of Kharga Oasis
Yardangs of the Western Desert
A Further Journey Through the Libyan Desert
Geomorphology in Arid Regions
The Southern Lut and Iranian Baluchistan
Recent Survey and Exploration in Seistan
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |