Understanding dunes is important, since he who controls the Spice controls the Universe That’s the last Dune joke, I promise. Understanding the mechanisms behind desert sand dune formation and ...

Last summer, Stephanie McNamara got her first glimpse of Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in southern Colorado.

Steven R. Hanna, The Formation of Longitudinal Sand Dunes by Large Helical Eddies in the Atmosphere, Journal of Applied Meteorology (1962-1982), Vol. 8, No. 6 (December 1969), pp. 874-883 ...

Four years later, results from the giant Mongolian sandbox confirmed long-held models of sand dune formation, according to a study published today (Jan.12) in the journal Nature Geoscience.

WASHINGTON, D.C., September 10, 2019 -- If you've ever looked closely at a 3D sand or sediment dune within a river or coastal area, did you wonder how it formed? After noticing how the ...