For example, dissipative beaches, with a wider foreshore and low gradient, provide less resistance to wind flow, and are more conducive to aeolian sand transport than the steeper reflective ...

Transgressive sand sheets and dunefields are relatively large-scale aeolian sand deposits formed by the downwind and/or alongshore movement of sand over vegetated to semi-vegetated terrain (or ...

Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000, the Aeolian Islands fascinate with their raw, simple and wild character. Between black sand beaches, fumaroles and picturesque villages ...

said to be inspired by the aeolian sand patterns of the Dune du Pilat in the south of France. (Aeolian patterns are wave-like ...