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Geological Society, London, Special Publications; 1993; v. 72; p. NP;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.072.01.25
© 1993 Geological Society of London

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The past 20 years have seen a major surge of interest in aeolian processes and environments, particularly due to concern about the effects of changes in global climate and sea-level on desert regions and coastal zones.

Recent studies of aeolian deposits have made it possible to test hypotheses which relate major phases of aeolian activity to changes in climate and sea-level. Dust deposits in ocean sediments, and thick sequences of aeolian sand, loess and palaeosols have revealed some of the most complete and detailed evidence of the environmental changes which affected continental areas during the Quaternary and earlier.

The studies presented here range from short-term experiments on individual grain movement and grain-bed collisions during aeolian transport, to investigations of long-term climatic, eustatic and tectonic controls on the development of sand seas.

This book reviews the current understanding of aeolian sedimentology and geomorphology and the relationships between climate, sea-level and aeolian transport and deposition. It will be of interest to sedimentologists, geomorphologists and environmental scientists.