Coastal Restoration Trust of New Zealand

Coastal Dune Ecosystem Reference Database

Complementary classifications of aeolian dunes based on morphology, dynamics, and fluid mechanics

Author
Sylvain Courrech du Pont, David M. Rubin, Clément Narteau, Mathieu G.A. Lapôtre, Mackenzie Day, Philippe Claudin, Ian Livingstone, Matt W. Telfer, Jani Radebaugh, Cyril Gadal, Andrew Gunn, Patrick A. Hesp, Sabrina Carpy, Charles S. Bristow, Andreas C.W. Baas, Ryan C. Ewing, Giles F.S. Wiggs
Year
2024
Journal / Source
Earth Science Reviews
Volume
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2024.104772
Number
104772
Pages
120 pp
Keywords
Castlepoint
Summary
Here, we synthesize existing dune terminology and use the last two decades of research on dune morphodynamics to propose three complementary dune classification schemes based on: (1) descriptive dune gemorphology, (2) morphodynamic processes, and (3) fluid mechanics and physics of sediment transport.