eolian

• “They started excavating three fire pits on the south side of the ridge where the soil was a thin, eolian deposit overlying regolith, or crumbled rough rock.”

  Simon & Schuster: Bird Cloud

• “Fluvial and eolian erosion and deposition are the main geomorphic processes.”

  Santa Maria Valley (Bailey)

• “Dunes and adjacent uplands with a cover of eolian sand support a succession of plant communities, from bare dune through Sand-verbena - beach bursage series.”

  Southern Channel Islands (Bailey)

• “Mass wasting, fluvial erosion, wave erosion (coastal marine), and eolian erosion and deposition are the main geomorphic processes.”

  Southern Channel Islands (Bailey)

• “The gently sloping Monticello Upland is blanketed by eolian material deposited in the lee of the Abajo Mountains.”

  Ecoregions of Utah (EPA)

• “These deep eolian soils are composed of fine sand and support warm season grasses, winterfat, Mormon tea, four-wing saltbush, and sagebrush.”

  Ecoregions of Utah (EPA)

• “The Sand Deserts ecoregion is nearly level and contains a mantle of sandy eolian deposits, shifting dunes, and exposed sandstone bedrock.”

  Ecoregions of Utah (EPA)

• “On Pleistocene nonmarine sediments, over which eolian sand has spread, they are Xeropsamments, Haplic Durixeralfs, and Typic Albaquults.”

  Santa Ynez Hills and Valleys (Bailey)

• “Dry lake beds are numerous, and there are extensive eolian deposits, including both dune sand and loess.”

  Intermountain Semidesert Province (Bailey)

• “Ocean currents, waves, and wind (coastal marine and eolian processes) are active along the outer edges of the coastal plain.”

  Point Reyes

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