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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Wind-blown sand"”.
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The use of life cycle cost analysis in determining the cost effectiveness of railway lines' design and maintenance options for railway lines through windblown sandy desert in Namibia: Case study of the Aus - Luderitz railway line
… are passing through the Namib Desert. Deposit of wind-blown sand onto the railway lines poses a great challenge to the maintenance and operations of this lines. The challenge for decision-makers is which solution is cost-effective to implement in the Namibia context to solve the problem. It has …
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An Assessment of Visual Encounter Surveys for an Elusive Species: The Dunes Sagebrush Lizard (Sceloporus arenicolus)
… a preference for environments comprised of large wind-blown sand dune complexes and dense arrays of shinnery oak (Quercus harvardii). This species occupies a narrow range in the Monahans Sandhills of Texas and the Mescalero Sands of New Mexico and like many habitat specialists, they are sensitive …
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A comparative study of the geohydrology of archaean formations and associated rocks in the North-Western Transvaal and the North-Western Cape Province
… intrusives and a Tertiary to Recent cover of wind-blown sand, calcrete and soil. The available literature on the geological formations and structure is reviewed. Outcrops are scarce in the Transvaal in an almost featureless tree-covered plain with ill-defined drainage, except for the two …
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Remote sensing for geomorphic and hydrodynamic modeling and process understanding
… importance. They are now maintained only by wind-blown sand from modern sandbars along the Colorado River. Motivated by their importance and threatened sediment supply from hydropower dam operations, this study determines how dunefield area is influenced by aeolian-fluvial interactions, …