Inland dunes of North America /

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Imprint:	Cham : Springer, 2020.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Dunes of the World series. Dunes of the world series.
Subject:	Sand dunes -- North America. Sand dunes. North America. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12605407

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Other authors / contributors:	Lancaster, Nicholas, 1948- editor. Hesp, P. (Patrick), editor.
ISBN:	9783030404987 3030404986 3030404978 9783030404970
Summary:	Inland sand dunes are widespread in North America and are found from the North Slope of Alaska to the Sonoran Desert in northern Mexico and from the Delmarva Peninsula in the east to Southern California in the west. In this edited book, we highlight recent research on areas of inland dunes that span a range from those that are actively accumulating in current conditions of climate and sediment supply to those that were formed in past conditions and are now degraded relict systems. This book will be of interest to researchers and scholars of physical geography, geomorphology, environmental sciences, and earth sciences. Contributions include detailed analyses of individual active dune systems at White Sands, New Mexico; Great Sand Dunes, Colorado; and the Laurentian Great Lakes; as well as the vegetation-stabilized dunes of the Nebraska Sand Hills and the Colorado Plateau. Additional chapters discuss the widespread partially vegetated dune systems of the central and southern Great Plains; the relict dunes of the Atlantic Coastal Plain of the eastern USA; and active and stabilized dunes of the Colorado Plateau and the southwestern deserts of the USA and northern Mexico.
Other form:	Print version: 3030404978 9783030404970
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-030-40

Table of Contents:

Intro
Contents
Editors and Contributors
About the Editors
Contributors
About the Editors
Chapter 1: Introduction to Inland Dunes of North America
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Inland Dune Studies in North America
1.3 Dune History and Chronology
1.4 Conclusions
References
Chapter 2: Quaternary Eolian Dunes and Sand Sheets in Inland Locations of the Atlantic Coastal Plain Province, USA
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Modern Climate
2.3 Age Data
2.4 Descriptions of Eolian Dunes and Sand Sheets
2.4.1 Eolian Dunes in River Valleys
2.4.2 Eolian Dunes and Sand Sheets of the Carolina Sandhills
2.4.3 Eolian Dunes Associated with Carolina Bays
2.4.4 Eolian Dunes and Sand Sheets on Upland Areas of the Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain
2.5 Interpretations of Eolian Dunes and Sand Sheets
2.5.1 Eolian Dunes in River Valleys
2.5.2 Eolian Dunes and Sand Sheets of the Carolina Sandhills
2.5.3 Eolian Dunes Associated with Carolina Bays
2.5.4 Eolian Dunes and Sand Sheets on Upland Areas of the Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain
2.6 Discussion
2.7 Conclusions
References
Chapter 3: Dunes of the Laurentian Great Lakes
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Climate and Hydrology
3.3 Dune Field Morphology and Classification
3.4 Sand Drift Potential Along Great Lakes Shores
3.5 Distribution of Dunes Along the Great Lakes Shores
3.6 Environment and Processes
3.6.1 Impact of Storms on Great Lakes Dunes
3.6.2 Seasonal Processes
3.6.3 Sedimentology of Great Lakes Dunes
3.6.4 Ecological Communities
3.7 Geomorphic History of the Great Lakes Dunes
3.7.1 Holocene Lake Level Change in the Laurentian Great Lakes
3.7.2 Chronology of Dune Growth and Migration
3.8 Dune Management in the Great Lakes
3.8.1 Pressures
3.8.2 U.S. Coastal Dune Management
3.8.3 Canadian Coastal Dune Management
3.9 Summary
References
Chapter 4: The Central and Southern Great Plains
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Aeolian Sand Deposits and Activation Histories
4.2.1 Mapping Aeolian Sand Deposits
4.2.2 Dune Chronologies of the Central and Southern Great Plains
4.2.2.1 Wyoming
4.2.2.2 Nebraska
4.2.2.3 Colorado
4.2.2.4 Kansas
4.2.2.5 Oklahoma
4.2.2.6 Texas and New Mexico
4.2.3 Fine-Grained Dunes of the Central and Southern Great Plains-Lunettes and Parna Dunes
4.2.3.1 Lunettes
4.2.3.2 Parna Dunes
4.3 Dune Development and Subsequent Activation
4.3.1 Chronology of Prehistoric Regional Dune Activity
4.3.2 Climate and Dune Activation
4.4 Aeolian Sand Sources
4.4.1 Fluvial Systems as a Sediment Source
4.4.2 Documentation of Sand Provenance
4.5 Historical Dune Activation
4.5.1 The 1800s
4.5.2 The Dust Bowl
4.5.3 Present Aeolian Activity
4.6 Future Trajectory
References
Chapter 5: The Nebraska Sand Hills
5.1 Introduction

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