coastal dune

[′kōs·təl ′dün]

(geology)

A mobile mound of windblown material found along many sea and lake shores.

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WORRIES: Residents have hit out at plans for 1,650 houses on the coastal dune site in Balmedie, pictured.

Fears village will become 'trapped' by developments; Planning: Locals urged to voice their views on huge allocation of houses

The topics include crossroads of geology in New Harmony: a guide to historically significant Mississippian and Pennsylvanian exposures in south-central and southwestern Indiana, watch what you drink: Midwestern alluvial-outwash aquifers and the CV Theis Groundwater Observatory, coastal dune environments of southeastern Lake Michigan: geomorphic histories and contemporary processes, Salem limestone (Valmeyeran, Mississippian): a high-energy carbonate shoal model, and the hydrodynamic role of groundwater in bolide impact: evidence from the Kentland structure in Indiana.

Ancient Oceans, Orogenic Uplifts, and Glacial Ice: Geologic Crossroads in America's Heartland

The coastal dune lakes of Walton Co., Florida represent a rare environment only found in a few other areas of the world, such as New Zealand and Madagascar.

ENVIRONMENTAL AND EARTH SCIENCE PAPER ABSTRACTS

ABSTRACT--Many coastal dune ecosystems have been degraded by non-native dune vegetation, but these systems might still provide valuable habitat for some taxa, including amphibians.

Occurrence of amphibians in northern California coastal dune drainages

Furthermore, he makes a case that this identity can be further broken down by the sub-regions of the delta region such as coastal dune ridges, freshwater alluvial banks, and brackish water foodplains.

The Khmer Lands of Vietnam: Environment, Cosmology and Sovereignty

(2014) stated that seven types of coastal dune are identified on KwaZulu-Natal coast: estuary barrier dunes; mainland beach foredunes; prograded beachridge dunes; headland bypass dunes; transverse dune fields; parabolic/migrating dunefield; and climbing dunes.

Caracteristicas de compactacion y de colapso de arena de dunas estabilizada con una mezcla de oxido de calcio y oxido de silicio

Coastal dune vegetation and pollen representation in south Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, Journal of Biogeography 32: 719-735.

VEGETATION IMPACT ON THE DUNE STABILITY AND FORMATION ON THE LITHUANIAN COAST OF THE BALTIC SEA

South Walton County is lucky to have a string of 15 coastal dune lakes--a rare geologic resource.

A string of jewels worth saving: funding from Gulf BP settlement helps preserve rare dune lakes of Walton County

such a magical beach getaway exists in the shape of Thonga Beach Lodge, set above a private, sandy beach and nestled into a magnificent coastal dune forest on the pristine shores of the Maputuland coast, KwaZulu-Natal.

SOUTH AFRICA LOVERS' DELUXE

Alongside the track into Newborough Forest, moss-covered outcrops of rock stand out among ranks of plantation conifers, witness to the coastal dune landscape lost when the foresters came to Anglesey.

Darkness of January gives way to a wealth of wildlife on island; January may be best known for its dark late afternoons and short days, but it can also be a spectacular month for clear, bright skies and plenty of sunshine, too. Author Julian Rollins visits Anglesey in North Wales, where he finds a wealth of wildlife battling against the elements of winter

With the annual nesting season for hawksbill sea turtles just getting under way (late March to June), authorities are taking steps to protect the coastal dune system of Sdiyat Beach in Abu Dhabi.