This classic work was used by NASA in studying sand dunes on Mars and is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students. The first book to deal exclusively with the behavior of blown sand and related land forms, its accessible style makes it an enduring reference. 84 figures. 16 halftones.

Introduction: The Nature of the Problem
Part I. The Physics of Grain Movement
1. Sand and Dust
2. The Behaviour of Sand Grains in the Air
3. Wind-Tunnel Observations
4. The Surface Wind
5. The Effect of Sand Movement on the Surface Wind
6. Confirmatory Measurements in the Desert
7. Threshold Wind Speed and Size of Sand Grain
8. Summary of the Physics of Grain Movement
Part II. Small-Scale Effects. Grain Size Distribution. Surface Ripples and Ridges
9. Grading Diagrams
10. Grading Changes in Non-Uniform Sand
11. Surface Ripples and Ridges
Part III. Large-Scale Effects. Sand Accumulation. Dunes, Internal Structure, Etc.
12. Conditions for the Growth of a Sand Surface
13. Sand Shadows and Sand Drifts. General Factors on Which Dune Shape Depends
14. The Barchan Dune
15. The Longitudinal or Seif Dune. The Whaleback
16. The Internal Structure of Sand Deposits
17. "Singing Sands"