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Transverse Dunes

Transverse Dunes is a type of aeolian bedform characterized by ridge-like accumulations of sand oriented perpendicular to the prevailing wind direction, distinguished from other dune forms by their alignment and regular spacing under unidirectional or bidirectional wind regimes.

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Bedform climbing in theory and nature

David M. Rubin, Ralph E. Hunter · Sedimentology · 1982 · 285 citations

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Dynamics of secondary airflow and sediment transport over and in the lee of transverse dunes

Ian J. Walker, W. G. Nickling · Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment · 2002 · 253 citations

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Formation of parabolic dunes from barchan and transverse dunes along Israel's Mediterranean coast

Haim Tsoar, Dan G. Blumberg · Earth Surface Processes and Landforms · 2002 · 212 citations

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MARS: The North Polar Sand Sea and related wind patterns

Haim Tsoar, R. Greeley, Alan Peterfreund · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1979 · 177 citations · Full text

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Numerical modelling of flow structures over idealized transverse aeolian dunes of varying geometry

Daniel R. Parsons, Ian J. Walker, Giles Wiggs · Geomorphology · 2003 · 169 citations

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  1. EJ
    Eric J. R. Parteli

    Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil

    8 publications · 388 citations

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  2. WG
    W. G. Nickling

    University of Guelph, Canada

    6 publications · 625 citations

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  3. HJ
    Hans J. Herrmann

    Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil

    6 publications · 269 citations

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  4. NL
    Nicholas Lancaster

    Desert Research Institute, United States

    5 publications · 481 citations

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  5. IJ
    Ian J. Walker

    University of Victoria, Canada

    5 publications · 718 citations

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  1. Universidade Federal do Ceará

    Fortaleza, Brazil

    10 h-index

    20 publications

    903 citations

  2. University of Guelph

    Guelph, Canada

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    983 citations

  3. University of Stuttgart

    Stuttgart, Germany

    6 h-index

    16 publications

    634 citations

  4. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    1.5K citations

  5. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    6 h-index

    21 publications

    698 citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    22 publications

    1.5K citations

  7. University of Victoria

    Victoria, Canada

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    768 citations

  8. Institut de physique du globe de Paris

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    1.1K citations

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  1. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

    18 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. Sedimentology

    16 publications · 1.6K citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 7 publications · 700 citations

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  4. Journal of Sedimentary Research

    JSR · 6 publications · 194 citations

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  5. Geomorphology

    5 publications · 416 citations

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