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Yes, sand dunes are loose sand carried and deposited by wind from one place to another.
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∙ 11y agoThey are a result of deposition.
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What is caused by a wave depositor?
sand dunes
Match each term to its definition?
Sedimentary depositional environment: Area of deposition Alluvial fan: Continental deposits of gravel and sand Sand dunes: Sand mounds in the desert Beach sand: Shoreline deposit of sediments Reef: Calcareous skeleton from organisms build this wave-resistant structure -.-
How is wave erosion different from wave deposition?
I believe that erosion removes sand etc. and deposition replaces it. Hurricanes are a prime example of both.
What is wave deposition?
Water vapour depostion is water vapour transforming directly to ice without condensing first.
What causes wave deposits?
Sand dunes because, the wind blows sand and some sand hit large rocks, and they fall behind the large rocks, and the large rocks get covered in sand, but soon another large rock will do the same.
Deposited in ancient sand dunes what term describes the complex original stratification pattern seen in sandstones?
Trough Crossbeds are the stereotypical deposit made from fossilized sand dunes. There are however many finer scaled deposits made on the dune such as wave ripples which are only a few sand grains in height.
What are two feature formed by wave deposition?
The two features formed by wave deposition are islands and beaches.
What three features formed by wave deposition?
The three features formed by wave deposition is spits, beach, and sandbars.
What type of wave is a sand wave?
A sand wave is lots and lots of sand in the ocean when a wave comes.
What features are by deposition?
water wave
How does breakwater help to prevent coast from erosion?
Breakwaters are made so that waves have a barrier to break on. They help to reduce the force of a wave in an inshore drift and help the sand dunes to stay sloped
Are a beach and a spit created by wave deposition?
Yes.
