blowout

1. 1. A sudden rupture or bursting, as of an automobile tire.
   2. The hole made by such a rupture.
2. A sudden escape of a confined gas or liquid, as from a well.
3. Slang. A large party or other social affair: "Lunch was a billion-calorie blowout beside the pool" (Vanity Fair).
4. Informal. A lopsided victory or thorough defeat.

Merchandising: retail items sold quickly at very low prices.

Securities: quick sale of all shares in a new offering of securities. Corporations like to sell securities in such environments, because they get a high price for their stock. Investors are likely to have a hard time getting the number of shares they want during a blowout.

noun

1. A violent release of confined energy, usually accompanied by a loud sound and shock waves: blast, blowup, burst, detonation, explosion, fulmination. See explosion/collapse.
2. A big, exuberant party: celebration, shindig, shindy. Slang bash, blast. See group, restraint/unrestraint, work/play.

With reference to hens, prolapse of the oviduct through the vent.

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Blowout located 6.5 km south of Earth, Texas (1996)

Blowouts are sandy depressions in a sand dune ecosystem (psammosere) caused by the removal of sediments by wind.

Blowouts occur in partially vegetated dunefields or sandhills. A blowout forms when a patch of protective vegetation is lost, allowing strong winds to "blow out" sand and form a depression. Although they generally remain small, blowouts can expand to kilometers in size and up to around 70m in depth. ^[1][2]

Causes of vegetation loss include extended droughts, fire (natural and anthropogenic) or, in extreme cases, trampling by humans, cattle, horses, etc. ^[3] Fire is the most common cause, however. In time, succession will begin again as suitable seeds are blown in and pioneers become re-established. ^[4]

Coastal sand dunes are found just inland from a beach, and are formed as the wind blows dry sand inland beyond the beach. It follows that this can only happen when there is an area of reasonably flat land inland from the beach. In time, this rather inhospitable surface will be colonised by pioneer species. These species (e.g. marram grass) will stabilise the dunes and prevent them moving any more. The process of plant succession will eventually see these dunes converted to woodland (depending on the climate) and a mature soil will have formed.^[5]

Blowouts provide an important habitat for flora and fauna. ^[6]

References

1. ^ Pound, R. and Clements, F.E. 1900. The phytogeography of Nebraska. 2d ed. Lincoln, 442 pp.
2. ^ Jungerius, P.D. and van der Meulen, F. 1989. The development of dune blowouts, as measured with erosion pins and sequential air photos. Catena 16(4-5):369-376.
3. ^ Wang Shuai, Hasi Eerdun, Zhuang Yanmei and Zhang Ping. 2008. A study of blowouts in the Hulun Buir Sandy Grassland, Northeast China. In: Correa, A.C., Agnello, M.F., Todd, R. and Peterson, R. (ed). Water in the Arid and Semiarid Lands. Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference, 15-17 November 2006, Lubbock, Texas, ICASALS Publication 2008-1, pp. 191-199.
4. ^ Barbour, E.H. 1895. Report of the geologist: Soils. In: Furnas, R.T. (ed), Annual Report, Nebraska State Board of Agriculture for the year 1894, pp. 61-92.
5. ^ Hugenholtz, C.H. and Wolfe, S.A. 2006. Morphodynamics and climate controls of two aeolian blowouts on the northern Great Plains, Canada. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 31(12):1540-1557.
6. ^ Rydberg, P.A. 1895. Flora of the sand hills of Nebraska. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 3:133-203.

See also

• Sand Hills (Nebraska)
• Blowout grass
• Sand dune ecology
• Médanos
• Aeolian processes
• Yardang

External links

• The Bibliography of Aeolian Research (BAR)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - punktering, punkteret dæk

Nederlands (Dutch)
klapband, doorgeslagen stop, uitgebreide maaltijd, fikse nederlaag

Français (French)
n. - (Élec) court-circuit, éclatement (d'un pneu), jaillissement (d'un puits de gaz/de pétrole), gueuleton

Deutsch (German)
n. - Reifenpanne, durchgebrannte Sicherung, feudales Essen, Fehlschlag

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σκάσιμο, κλατάρισμα (ελαστικού), κάψιμο ασφάλειας, γλέντι, τσιμπούσι

Italiano (Italian)
abbuffata, eruzione, scoppio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - estouro (m) de pneu

Русский (Russian)
нефтяной фонтан

Español (Spanish)
n. - reventón, pinchazo, escape de gas, comilona

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - explosion, sönderbombning, punktering, smältning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
爆裂, 保险丝烧断, 喷出

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 爆裂, 保險絲燒斷, 噴出

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 파열, 분출, 큰 잔치

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 破裂, パンク, 大ごちそう

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) بنشر, ثقب في أطار السيارة, انطلاق البخار بشدة, وليمه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תקר, סעודה, התפוצצות‬

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