SACRAMENTO STATE Geology 103 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Tim Horner Geology Department, CSU Sacramento Lecture #17: Eolian deposition Reading assignments:

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SACRAMENTO STATE Geology 103 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Tim Horner Geology Department, CSU Sacramento Lecture #17: Eolian deposition Reading assignments: Boggs, 5th ed., pp. 220-228

Wind power- the Racetrack, Death Valley CA

Wind power- the Racetrack, Death Valley CA

Wind power- the Racetrack, Death Valley CA

Fig. 8.6 from Boggs, 5th ed., p. 224

Dune shapes Fig. 8.6 from Reading, 1986

Barchan dunes

Parabolic dunes

Compound ripple and dune, southern California

Large dune/draa deposits, southern California

Relationship: Dune type vs. sand supply and wind variability

Interdune areas, southern CA

Interdune areas, Death Valley CA

Desert pavement, Death Valley

Desert varnish, Anza Borrego

Wadi Deposits

Wadi Deposits From Leader, 1992

Fig. 5.12 from Redding, Sedimentary Depositional Environments

Fig. 5.12 from Redding, Sedimentary Depositional Environments