Geografisk Tidsskrift, Bind 59 (1960)The terminology of the geo-aeolian environment especially in relation to Danish landscapesHans Kuhlman Side 70
AbstractLocalities with aeolian materials are classified, tentatively on three independent basic principles: 1) dynamic, 2) sedimental, 3) geometric (morphometric). The nominated terms are arranged in a table (II) in order to suggest a system of aeolian geo-environments. IntroductionExcellent reviews of the geomorphology of Danish landscapes influenced by the wind have been worked out by Warming 1907-1909, A. Schou 1945, 1949 and Niels Nielsen & Schon 1958. However, an attempt of composing a consistent terminology for the geo-aeolian environments in Denmark makes it desirable to link these works together with the newest studies of sand drifting and dunes (Bagnold 1954, Sindowski 1956, Cooper 1958, Kuhlman 1958 and Finkel 1959). The attempt below does not pretend to be exhaustive; it only tends to outline the fundamental features in a »natural system«. For a geomorphological classification different points of view may be adopted: 1): dynamic; 2): sedimentological; 3): form-descriptive; 4): evolutionistic. A distinction between these four categories is normally not maintained; however, elements from all of them contribute to the explanatory description of the landscapes. The common descriptions bear the stamp of W. M. Davis' ideas of the natural evolution of the landscape; these sometimes imply pseudoexplanations and uncertain hypotheses. Therefore, some modern geomorphologists maintain an attitude of reserve towards Davis' evolutionistic points of view, which may involve scientific pitfalls. In Scandinavia Behrens has recommended to adopt a clear distinction between morphologic description and genesis; this will make it easier to arrive at scientific explanations, which to-day are further Side 71
facilitated because exact observations and experiments are gaining foothold in the geomorphological methodology. Especially the studies of dunes and of wind-erosion have profited from the quantitative measurements, without which it is impossible to elaborate a valid systematism. A form description will be systematic, when it is based both on the geometrical figurations and on their »ontogeny« and »phylogeny«. The development of the form-shaping processes may be called the geomorphological ontogeny, the basis of the dynamical classification. The descent of the forms is the morphologic phylogeny. Pure descriptions are rare in the dune topography, and often they have a curious »two-dimensional« character, for instance: »white dune« and »grey dune«. In the following
the landscape influenced by the wind is treated HistorySince the works of Sokolow 1884 and Steenstrup 1894 appeared many geo-aeolian papers have been published, among which the present text only refers to those which have dominated the treatment of this subject in Denmark and which are the origin of our modern theories. E. Warming 1907-1909 in his monography of the vegetation on Danish dunes gave a comprehensive review of dune forms and of their birth; his work authorized the opinion that the most important aeolian sedimentation in a humid climate is the result of an interaction between vegetation and sand drifting; this has also been mentioned by ancient authors: Viborg 1788, Groos 1847, and Andresen 1861; however, Warming brought us the understanding of the biology and of the morphological effect of the dune vegetation. He introduced terms which became classic, for instance »white dune« and »grey dune«, »grønning« (= green dune valley), see Lemberg, Schon, Kihlström; these terms referred to the plant communities and not unambiguously to the geomorphology — a fact which at times has been overlooked by the posterity. From Warming a clue leads to J. W. van Dieren, whose book from 1934 brought a culmination of the research line of a botanical character, originating in the combating of the anthropogeneous sand drifting in Europe in the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries; see Wessely 1873, Gerhardt 1900 and Braun 1911. The results cristallized in v. Dieren's work had been anticipated by many authors, see Lemberg and Behrmann.The dunes of North-West Europe and their plant communities have had correlative evolutions. Possessing this knowledge, Side 72
v. Dieren
established a systematism, including a latin
terminology. -— parabolic dune — secondary barchan . According to v. Dieren this sequence is due to self-degeneration of the vegetation. Such a pessimistic opinion is open to discussion, see Cooper 1958; however, it is not to be doubted that the said development has taken place in Europe and in the United States: Paul 1944, V. Hansen 1957 and Hack 1941, Hefley & Sidwell 1945. Van Dieren introduced a clear distinction between »physical« dunes and »organic« dunes (p. 204-207); in the United States »organic« has been replaced by »phytogenic« (Smith, Cooper). More particularly a distinction is made between desert dunes and coastal dunes, sec Schou 1945, p. 148; this distinction is critizised by Cooper 1958, p. 66-68. The present-day standpoint must be that v. Dieren's classification is misleading, because gradual transitions are seen between »phytogenic« and »physical« dunes, and because the forms in arid zones and in humid zones may be explained by the same »natural laws« as those formulated by R. A. Bagnold 1935-1954. Bagnold, whose works are epoch-making, introduced the modern aerodynamics in the dune morphology; his results have been confirmed by Chepil and Zingg. On a number of points Bagnold's studies open a new »era«; here are only mentioned the most relevant. He demonstrated that the sand drifting is caused by the saltation of the grains and by the resulting surface-creeping, the so-called »reptation«. The movement which takes place across loose sand creates wind ripples, which mark the most frequent points of impact of the saltation grains. Bagnold's explanation of the occurrence of the ephemeral wind ripples (see also Trikalinos 1928) has encountered difficulties in chasing wrong interpretations, especially the »Helmholtz theory«, which came to life because Baschin considered cirrocumulus to be homologous with wind ripples; other »wave-theories« too have ravaged the dune morphology, see Exner. Bagnold has given a mathematical expression of the relation between wind, sand and transport quantities. He further demonstrated that it is the wind force in the air layers next to the surface which influences the aeolian deposition and erosion; example: mobile sand sheets in relation to fixed, smooth surfaces are sheltered; i.e. the wind velocity at the same level is reduced. Consequently, a sand spot in a smooth environment will »catch« more sand. This phenomenon has been called by H. T. U. Smith 1953: psammogenic dune genesis, which explains the Side 73
growth of many dune forms. In a Western European dune environment Sindowski and, later, the author have verified some of Bagnold's theories; it appeared that the aeolian transport and the dune genesis here are not essentially different from the conditions in an arid region; however, certain corrections had to be made of the formulae, see Kuhlman 1958. W. Walther has also worked in such terrains; however, with other theories as a point of departure. The most astonishing factor in relation to sand drifting in our climate is the feeble restraining effect exercised by rain and humidity. Bagnold has but a small influence on the recent morphological principal works, which are important by virtue of the amounts of their observations: Paul 1944, Schon 1945, Melton 1941 (a systematism) and Cooper 1958, whereas Landsberg 1956 and Finkel 1959 have probably initiated a new era of the aeolian geomorphology; their papers contain a lot of quantitative observations and mathematical models; the pronounced approach to the pure science will be the characteristic of the future geomorphology, which, otherwise, was bound to stagnate. The status of the dune terminologyThe modern dune literature (after 1930) has partly standardized certain dune types, the terms of which may change, whereas their identity is unmistakable. Among these, the most common are repeated here and commented on the basis of the most recent ideas. Barchan (Dunus falcatus, v. Dieren) is a bounded accumulation of blown sand of a well-known aspect: crescent-shaped ground-plan, triangular cross-section with angles of about 10°-140°-300, the greatest of which at the dune crest. Less known are the genetic demands of the barchan: an immobile, even substratum, which by means of the psammo-genesis transforms into dunes the moderate sand quantities (per area) which blow from an almost constant direction. The nominal form is known from arid deserts, for instance Peru and Libya; in humid regions homologous forms are seen,partly ephemeral, small beach-forms, partly stable, atypical macro-forms: secondary barchans; German: Wanderdüne; Danish: mile (Kuhlman 1960). Transverse dunes (transverse ridges, Cooper, some Dunus anticus, v. Dieren) are big sand masses modelled in dense, interfering, barchanoid forms; they constitute a rythmically repeated pattern of not very inclined windward sides and steep lee sides (slip-faces). The dune crests may form long, sinoidal lines transverse to the wind. The creation of these sand seas demands enormous quantities of mobile, sorted sand. The big transports arrive from Side 74
![]() Fig. 1. A blow-out, a hollow-dune on the west coast of Skallingen, near Esbjerg. In the centre of the photo a person is seen. almost the same points of the compass. The repeated »wave-forms« are not the result of wind vortexes attached to definite localities (Cornish, Exner, Matschinski), but of the self-created shelter and exposition of the superficially transported sand, because the wind behind the slip-faces is morphologically inactive (Cooper). Longitudinal dunes are high banks of a partly residual character and with a cross-section whose appearance is changing; this makes the duneprofile more symmetrical than is the case of the barchanoid forms. It is probable that the genesis is strongly affected by a seasonal alternation between two diverging transport directions (Bagnold, Cooper). The seif dunes mentioned by Bagnold must be classed with this group. Blow-outs (German: Windkuhlen) are best known from dunes with vegetation. This term covers the hollows and troughs shaped by the wind in the dunes, see fig. 1. The inside of the hollow is corroded and eroded, while the outer side receives the removed material; the development of an erosion hole is very complicated; however, the formation of vortexes and the macro-turbulence are not necessary as a genetic condition, as maintained (v. Dieren, see also Olson 1958). Parabolic dunes (Steenstrup, Solger, v. Dieren, Hack, Side 75
Schou) — also called U-shaped dunes (Landsberg) or upsiloidal dunes (H. T. U. Smith) are asserted to be a dune form particular to humid climate zones. It is a question of long, blown-sand banks, resting on a rather plain substratum, and which in a map, thanks to the contour lines, appear as a U-shaped figure. This pattern stands out more clearly in a map than in nature, where it can only with difficulty be distinguished, because the detail forms, the slip-faces and the blow-outs are more conspicuous. The big, Danish parabolic dunes, when regarded in the field, have a big resemblance to seif dunes and secondary barchans; their parabolic axis is said to be dominated by the »wind-resultant«, Schou, Landsberg, V, Hansen; see also Jennings 1957 and Finkel 1959. A kind of a modelIn the following classifications we intend to use a naive model as a condensing agent for notions and explanations. The model fig. 2 represents a bloc of a stylized landscape with the locality A in an environment called O. This primitive figure serves to point out some basic features of the geo-aeolian environment. 1): A dune is an accumulation of blown sand rich in reliefs; the words: »rich in reliefs« show that »dune« is a relative concept; a spot with wind-sedimentation is termed (partly) in accordance with the distribution of heights of the environs; Schou 1945, p. 148, remarks that half of the blown-sand covered area of Denmark is avoid of »dune-character«. 2): Suppose that a known dune type, for instance the barchan, is sketched in at A; the block-side of the figure could then represent now 1 m., now 1 km.; still, the constructed situation will correspond to conditions existing in nature, independent of the chosen scale. This goes to show that a certain constancy of forms exists, however, not accompanied by constancy of the terms. 3): If, conversely, the model represents a certain landscape the extent represented by the diagram will contribute to determine »what can be seen« and, consequently, a description and denomination. The normal terms are pronouncedly depending on the »observation height« above the aeolian environment. An example of this peculiarity has already been referred to in the comments on parabolic dunes. 4) : A contemplation of fig. 2 may lead to think of the problem known from psychology: What is A O motive, and what is background, here: or y? When bearing in mind this
association, it is possible to study the landscape in a
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![]() Fig. 2. In general a model of a stylized landscape is shown: an aeolian locality A in the environment O; further information in the text. In particular is demonstrated a schematic outline of a psammogenic shield-dune on a beach. the development of the blow-outs this manner of treating the problems is useful; for instance, a small deposition of material is discovered in localities where we would immediately have foreseen an erosion. 5): The presentation of this model also is an indication — perhaps not needed — that landscape forms ought to be described in relation to a three-axial co-ordinate system. However, many authors in such descriptions use terms which in reality are surface denominations: White dune and grey dune. For the contemplation of Danish dunes from a solid geometric point of view we refer especially to A. Schon 1945 and 1949. The peculiarities
mentioned above make it difficult to compose a
Dynamical classificationFrom Bagnold, Che pil and others we know that the wind transports material by means of suspension, saltation and reptation. It is possible, in most cases, to identify these transport types each with its delimited grain-size interval: dust (loess), fine-medium sand and coarse-sand/gravel. The dust is suspended in the air-flow, is moved far away and to high altitudes, until the wind dies away. During the movement the sand and the gravel are linked to the surfaces of the terrain; this superficial transport, which is analogous to the hydro-dynamical expression »bed load«, contributes to inducing the morphologists to give »two-dimensional« descriptions. If supposing that the model in fig. 2 represents a locality with active wind it may serve to give an answer to the question: What is the result arrived at in a locality with aeolian activity ? The effect of the wind on the landscape may be temporary or definite; however, at any Side 77
rate it is useful to classify the result in relation to the transport of material, whether superficial or suspensive. Both in A and O a net loss of material may take place: erosion; or an increase of the sedimentation: deposition. If the passage of the sand drifting over the localities does not alter the quantities of material, this is designated by the term: transit. Finally, as another possibility should be mentioned that the given localities are not affected by a transport: neutrality. It is proposed to reserve the term: »deflation« for a definite kind of aeolian erosion: the removing from non-aeolian sediments and rocks. If the possible combinations of A and O are composed in respect to the four dynamical effects mentioned above we shall be able to make the terminology indicated in table I. When deposition/erosion occurs in a locality it is because here is found shelter/anti-shelter. Both in common and in scientific usage the term »shelter« indicates a relativity: wind-force reduction in proportion to a »standard force«; therefore, an aeolian terrain-form is created as a natural consequence of a neighbourhood. The shelter/ anti-shelter of a locality is ascribable to exterior or interior factors. It may be situated in a wind-shadow from isolated objects sticking out into the air; or it may constitute in itself an obstruction exposed to the wind. The local lee situation may also be conditioned by differences in the structure and contents of neighbouring areas. The ![]() Table I Aeolian-dynamic terms for a locality (A) in a given environment (0). Side 78
different causes of the shelter indicate two types of deposition and erosion: the type conditioned by obstruction and the one conditioned by roughness. The morphologic effect of the obstruction (obstructogenic) is due to the influence which a terrain-element of but small extent exercises on the air-current, in which it is a relatively isolated obstruction. Hedges or plant tussocks cast a limited wind-shadow, which may be filled with aeolian material, fig. 3; or, as a result of an isolated elevation of the terrain the stream-lines are situated close to the top of this hill, causing the material of the locality to be exposed to the wind. We would call a deposition caused by a marked wind-shadow umbratogenic. The effect of the roughness (asperitogenic) is attributable to the frequent difference between the transport capacities of neighbouring areas at a given wind, see Bagnold 1954, p. 83, and Kuhlman 1958, p. 68. The amount of the transported material in a given surface is determined by the nature, size and distribution of the roughness-elements. Immobile, smooth surfaces have an extremely big, optimal transport capacity, even if the surface is moist. In Denmark the pseudo-hygrcphoby of the saltating sand is of fundamental importance. We have learned with astonishment that wet dune surfaces are erosion areas, and that moist material does not inevitably bring the drifting to a standstill. The optimal, equivalent transport is smaller on a dry, loose sand surface than on a smooth, firm surface; this is why the psammogenic dune formation takes place (H. T. U. Smith; Schou 1945: Physical dune formation). We have only with difficulty understood the observation according to which sand could be accumulated without a pronounced shelter. The transport conditions of a rough, semi-mobile surface are of a peculiar nature; at gentle winds the equivalent transport is smaller here than on a loose sand surface, whereas it is bigger at strong winds. A mobile sand-spot in a pebbled locality will act as an erosion area at moderate wind forces and as a deposition area at strong winds. The surfaces grown with plants have only a small sand movement or none at all; almost invariably they are deposition areas. The capability of certain plants for regenerating the surface type after the deposition of the sand is well known. The optimal growth of Ammophila arenaria demands sanding-up. Although plants often create stable sediment-sections, and in spite of the fact that dunes characterized by vegetation have a complicated evolution the author does not see the practical in pointing out the shelter of the plants as a specific, odd phenomenon: the organogenic Cphytogenic) dune formation; the vegetation functions as shelter in the same manner as do the Side 79
![]() Fig. 3. An umbratogenic deposition — a prismatic dune — 01 son material in a road side, Thy. The soil-drift had taken place from right. inorganic
terrain elements, and the aeolian landscape forms which
Grouping of wind-sedimentsIn Denmark several kinds of wind-sediments occur; it is not intended here, when commenting upon these sediments, to use the traditional groupings according to texture, composition and the like, whereas we recommend a classification based on the nature and the effect of the transport. This classification has previously been dealt with in the present periodical (1957, 1959). We propose the following denominations: suspension-, saltation-, reptation-, slip- and residual sediment and corroded material. Observations in nature have shown that these terms are closely associated with the textural terms. Aeolian suspension material is rarely found deposited in appreciable quantities in this country, see S. A. Andersen 1935 and S. Hansen 1948, whereas every year in numerous plough fields in Jutland a rise takes place of suspensive, aeolian material, whose future fate is only uncompletely known. The saltation material, whose predominant grain size is 0.15 - 0.40 mm., forms the bulk in the Side 80
numerous dunes and blown-sand covers the position of which is given in »Atlas of Denmark« (Schon 1949); their total area is said to be about 1.400 sq. km. (Schou 1945). The reptation material forms an integrating part of the »blown sand« in dunes and covers; however, it may have grain sizes six times as big as those of the local, saltating sand; this leads to the formation of sporadic dune material which is so coarse-grained (10 mm.; commonly: 1-5 mm.) that hurricanes have been considered as necessary for their accumulation; however, this is not the case (see Kuhlman 1960, fig. 3). Separated, coarse reptation material is especially found in the dunes in Western Thy, at Grindsted and on Anholt. In our climate wet, steep erosion slopes of aeolian material are not unusual; when slidings happen in these slopes and at slip-faces an aeolian slip-sediment is formed, characterized by being situated low in the terrain and by being relatively poorly sorted. The land-slides and slips steered by gravitation make it difficult to identify the aeolian environment sedimentologically. Residual sediments consist of pebbles and cobbles, left by the wind in a process of deflation; we meet »pavements« just as in arid deserts — a phenomenon which may be observed at many places along our recent beaches, for instance at Skallingen and Blåvands Huk. At Kandestederne, near the Scaw, are also found planes with pebbles, resulting from a wind-erosion in elevated, marine sediments. Many agrarian fields in Jutland may in spring have the same wind-ravaged aspect. Among the materials influenced by corrosion we know from Jutland numerous occurrences of faceted pebbles/ cobbles, which lie in the field-soil on glacial material from the Riss glaciation; the period of their shaping is probably Wurm (Tubantian, Weichsel). The best opportunity of studying these polished field pebbles is found in the district between Holstebro and Ringkøbing, and Grindsted-Hejnsvig. In Bornholm have been observed wind-sculptured rock surfaces (Mattsso>n 1957). It is worth noticing that only the two last-mentioned sediment types may be interpreted stratigraphically as having been caused by wind-erosion. If the other types are embedded in a stratification a later researcher will undoubtedly conclude that a deposition has taken place in an aeolian environment. Much of what we characterize to-day as erosion localities cannot, at a later embedding, be given this name. The plains surrounding the parabolic dunes are termed by some authors as: deflation plains; however, this expression is not too well chosen, because from a stratigraphic-dynamic point of view they are most often underdeveloped deposition areas. This is Side 81
![]() Fig. 4. Lense-dunes -— cushion dunes —on the western beach of Rømø; the houses of Lakolk are seen in the background. The genesis of dunes, half a metre high, is named asperitogenic. one of the
reasons why the author recommends only to use the term:
Geometrical groupingThe geometric figuration of a locality in the landscape influenced by the wind may be divided into a few elementary forms. Such a division in constituents is known from other dune topographies; however, our system is perhaps of a greater simplicity and consistency. The first sort to which we are drawing the attention may seem to be a truism: a locality non-specific in relation to the environs; however, it is overlooked that the wind-ravaged spot often forms a vaguely marked element of the landscape. In Denmark it is common that ancient or recent wind-activity cannot be immediately deduced from the shape of the terrain; it is necessary to observe the very transport or to study the soil more closely. In Vendsyssel-Thy and in Himmerland the soil-drifting hits big field-areas every year without leaving any distinct morphological effects; further, cultivation and road-work eliminate most of the small traces. The geological Side 82
![]() Fig. 5. The transition from beach to coast dunes west of Skomagersletten, Skallingen. Summer: A and winter: B in 1954—1956. 1 = the coast dune, an 8 m. high profile dune. 2 = the beach. 3 = umbratogenic tongue dunes. 4 — lense dunes (cushion dunes). 5 = an aeolian, asperitogenic transit plane. 6 = beach washed by the sea. The block side represents 150 m., and the exaggeration is about 10. mappings (Milthers, Jessen) have shown that moraine hills in Western Jutland and in Central Jutland at places are conformably covered by Late-glacial aeolian sand; this corresponds to the cover-sand from Holland and Germany, of which descriptions have been given (cLKuhlman 1959).Fr0m the aeolian-non-specific localities there are continuous transitions to planes with aeolian material. The deflation planes with »pavements« known from arid regions exist, as mentioned, in our country too; however, plains with blown sand are much more common. Initial deposition areas are more easily found than embryonal erosion spots; the umbratogenic deposition has an outstanding initial form: the tongue dune; as the name indicates, the material adopts a shape resembling a cleaved cone resting on the cleave plane in the shelter of a wind-obstructing object (compare Cooper's »lee projection«). Behind a onesidedly extended shelter tongue dunes may grow together so as to form prismatic drifts: prismatic dunes. The commencing asperitogenic deposition forms lenses more or less asymmetric, fig. 4; we suggest the term: lense dunes. Usually, they are called embryonal dunes, primary dunes, tussock dunes and other names. When it is a question of isolated Side 83
![]() Fig. 6. The frequency distribution of the estimated dune heights in Blåvand Rømø (a) and Frederikshavn — The Scaw (b) plotted on probability paper, occurrences this initial form rarely has a thickness of more than a few decimetres, whereas its ground area may be big. At Danish coasts two sub-types are frequent; one of them is seen in planes with no vegetation: shield dune; it has a slightly curved shape which, if the material is moist, is provided with a steep micro-slope against the wind (fig. 2). The other sub-type appears in places where there is some vegetation; its shape is expressed in the name: cushion dune (fig. 4). Both are embryos of a later stable dune formation; they consist of semi-hygrophobic sand, which becomes the source material of the future drift. It is most probably a question of shield dunes, mentioned by Schou 1945, p. 151, and by Cooper 1958, p. 46. Big, asperitogenic accumulations of saltation material acquire by and by the figuration which is usually associated with the term »dune«. The characteristic of these accumulations is the presence of slip-faces, slopes of 25°-30° with loosely packed material, and the opposite orientated slopes of s°-12°. As a result of this the vertical profile becomes »barchanoid«, i. e. triangular with constant angles. Leaving out of consideration the figuration of such dunes in the horizontal section, we name them all: profile dunes (fig. 5): a basic Side 84
form comprising a series of common names, for instance the beach barchan, the secondary barchan, elements of sand seas, Dunus anticus, and parabolic dunes. The barchan is a well defined sub-type and, perhaps, the real primary form; however, we need more observations for being able to pronounce a judgment. The height of profile dunes is generally said to be 10-30 m., rarely 100 m. In this country no dune is rising more than 25 m. above its bed; however, it may sometimes be difficult to establish the level of the dune basis. In fig. 6 is shown the distribution of the heights of the dune tops (found during studies of map 1:20.000) in two Danish dune areas: The Scaw — Frederikshavn and Blåvand — Rømø. The approximate top constancy, which is dimly seen in the figure, has dynamical causes. The wind force increases with the height above the terrain; at a certain level the force will be equal to the suspension threshold of the local sand (see Kuhlman 1960), and if an isolated accumulation of sand grows to such a height that the normal winds of the region have a suspensive effect at this level the »dune-hat« is blown off; a suspensive transport does not create any topography rich in reliefs, only covers. The theoretically maximum dune height is positively correlated with the grain size of the material, but negatively correlated with the degree of isolation of the dune and the usual local wind forces. Large dunes with vegetation may have a more symmetrical crosssection than is normally the case of profile dunes; when regarded from a certain distance, they have the aspect of banks with a curved, elliptic cross-section. These bank dunes, unsatisfactorily defined, are especially seen at progressive coasts with nutritious sand, for instance Rømø and the Scaw. In mobile material the wind may form big erosion areas with bizarre micro-forms; big, steep slopes are shaped, sculptured by corrosion. In North-Western Europe the erosive effect is pronounced because of the frequent weather changes and the resulting big fluctuations of the degree of moisture of the material; moist sand may stand in vertical inclinations, which slide when dried in fine weather. Moist surfaces between dry areas are strongly corroded on account of their great transport capacity, which, in addition, accentuates an adjacent accumulation. In our dunes the erosion areas and the deposition areas stick together, just as the front and the back of the paper, see v. Dieren 1934, p. 198. The characteristical initial form in a deflation area is the somewhat oblique wind-hollow or wind-trough; when old dune-material is eroded, hollow-dunes and trough-dunes are born (fig. 1). ![]() Table 11. Side 86
This review does not contain a precise and detailed description of the elementary forms, and it is no doubt possible to suggest an additional number of initial forms; however,the author hopes to have accomplished the object of this passage: to draw the attention to the pure form-types, which, at any rate, have a high »rank«. An outlined system and a summaryAn exhaustive systematics in Danish aeolian landscapes cannot be established until more quantitative observations are available; however, it is possible to give a summary of the terms mentioned in the preceding paragraphs, ranged according to an outlined system; this has been done in table 11. LITERATUREAndersen, S.
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