ventifact

Ventifacts are rocks that have been abraded, pitted, etched, grooved, or polished by wind-driven sand or ice crystals. These geomorphic features are most typically found in arid environments where there is little vegetation to interfere with aeolian particle transport, where there are frequently strong winds, and where there is a steady but not overwhelming supply of sand.

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Ventifact Sculpture by Windblown Dust
Ventifact Evolution in Wright Valley, Antarctica
Ventifact Formation in the Mojave Desert: Field Analogs for Martian Processes
Ventifact evidence for Holocene wind patterns in the east-central Mojave Desert
TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS ON VENTIFACT DEVELOPMENT, MOJAVE DESERT, CALIFORNIA
Soil preservation and ventifact recycling from dry-based glaciers in Antarctica.
Paleo-Periglacial Ventifact Formation by Suspended Silt or Snow. Site Studies in South Sweden
Sand‐wedge and ventifact palaeoenvironmental indicators in North‐West Saskatchewan, Canada, 11 ka to 9.9 ka BP
Insights on rock abrasion and ventifact formation from laboratory and field analog studies with applications to Mars
Trajectories and energy transfer of saltating particles onto rock surfaces: Application to abrasion and ventifact formation on Earth...