What do volcanoes, glaciers, sand dunes, storms ... as well as loss of the entire soil complex. This type of succession is often called primary succession, as the soil, as well as all ...

Primary vegetation gives stability ... Figure caption, The sand dunes grow and establish a succession of plants and wildlife The sand dunes at Merthyr Mawr are very unusual because they have ...

In Hawaii and Iceland, primary succession occurs on lava flows where new land has formed; in Canada’s Athabasca Dunes, it happens when new sand is deposited along a lakeshore; in the Andes, it occurs ...

During Paul and Jessica's perilous trek through the desert in Dune, they encounter a natural phenomenon called drum sand.

Sand grains that are very round and dry (moisture on the dune's surface can cause sand to clump together, inhibiting avalanching) Grains on the dune's surface that are "well sorted," meaning they ...

The trailer ends with him extending his weapons and leaping into the sand to attack, with the final narration being, “Only I will remain.” The text fades out to tell us this will be a Dune ...

This story appears in the November 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. I got my first lesson in the physics of sand dunes in 1998 on an expedition into the Sahara. In order to take aerial ...

Thus, the sand at Great Sand Dunes can get hot, really hot, during those peak summer months. The park’s dunes regularly heat ...

Appearances can be deceiving. At first glance, you'd never think the rolling white sand dunes of southeastern New Mexico and west Texas held the largest stand of oak in the country. The region's ...

Sand dunes are a natural part of the habitat at Sandbanks and help prevent flooding and coastal erosion Views are being sought on the future of sand dunes at a popular tourist hotspot. Sandbanks ...

Contemporary research in coastal dunes and aeolian processes. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Vol. 49, Issue. 1, p. 108. Sand dunes are a globally important depositional landform and ...

Danish authorities warned Monday of dune landslides along the country's coasts following heavy rains after two German boys were buried in sand at the weekend and taken to hospital. The boys aged ...