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THE INFLUENCE OF RAINFALL ON TRANSPORT OF BEACH SAND BY WIND

✍ Scribed by VAN DIJK, P. M.; STROOSNIJDER, L.; DE LIMA, J. L. M. P.

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Weight: 726 KB
Volume: 21
Category: Article
ISSN: 0360-1269
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9837(199604)21:4<341::aid-esp542>3.0.co;2-z

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✦ Synopsis

This paper deals with the effect of rainfall on the process of wind erosion of beach sands and presents results from both field and wind tunnel experiments. Although sediment transport by splash is of secondary importance on coastal dunes, splashsaltation processes can move sediments in conditions where no motion is predicted by aeolian processes. The effect of raindrop impact on the movement of soil particles by wind was measured on a sand beach plain using an acoustic sediment sampler. In general, an increase of particle movement by wind at the sensor heights was observed during rainfall. Rainfall also affected the wind erosion process during and after rain by changing the cohesive conditions of the surface. The influence of the surface moisture content on the initiation of wind erosion and on the vertical distribution of transported sand particles was studied in a wind tunnel. Moisture significantly increased threshold wind velocities for the initiation of sediment transport and modified vertical sediment profiles.

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