1. SACRAMENTO
STATE
Geology 103 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Tim Horner Geology Department, CSU Sacramento
Lecture #17:
Eolian deposition
Reading assignments:
Boggs, 5th ed., pp

2. Wind power- the Racetrack, Death Valley CA

3. Wind power- the Racetrack, Death Valley CA

4. Wind power- the Racetrack, Death Valley CA

5. Fig. 8.6 from Boggs, 5th ed., p. 224

6. Dune shapes
Fig. 8.6 from Reading, 1986

7. Barchan dunes

8. Parabolic dunes

9. Compound ripple and dune, southern California

10. Large dune/draa deposits, southern California

11. Relationship: Dune type vs. sand supply and wind variability

12. Interdune areas, southern CA

13. Interdune areas, Death Valley CA

14. Desert pavement, Death Valley

15. Desert varnish,
Anza Borrego

16. Wadi Deposits

17. Wadi Deposits
From Leader, 1992

18. Fig. 5.12 from Redding, Sedimentary Depositional Environments

19. Fig. 5.12 from Redding, Sedimentary Depositional Environments