- A
ventifact (also wind-faceted stone, windkanter) is a rock that has been abraded, pitted, etched, grooved, or
polished by wind-driven sand or ice crystals...
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ventifacts.
Sharp edges of
ventifacts called Kanters are
formed when two or more
facets (planar surfaces) intersect. Open
grooves in the
ventifacts are...
- A
dreikanter is a type of
ventifact that
typically forms in
desert or
periglacial environments due to the
abrasive action of
blowing sand. Dreikanters...
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cobbles that are well
polished by the wind and cut into
ventifacts. The ****s are
covered by
ventifacts,
suggesting the name, and are
located just east of...
- A
Basalt ventifact from the Dry Valleys...
- Valley,
Russia Aeolian processes Hoodoo (geology)
Precarious boulder Ventifact The
Facts on File.
Earth Science Handbook Ciudad Encantada -
Visitor information...
- Sandhill – Type of
ecological community or
xeric wildfire-maintained
ecosystem Ventifact – Rock that has been
eroded by wind-driven sand or ice
crystals Desert...
- Sandhill – Type of
ecological community or
xeric wildfire-maintained
ecosystem Ventifact – Rock that has been
eroded by wind-driven sand or ice
crystals Yardang –...
- rock
instead of sand
Saltation (geology) –
Particle transport by
fluids Ventifact – Rock that has been
eroded by wind-driven sand or ice
crystals "Hamada...
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Hinchi hill
country (a
plateau covered in
spectacular mushroom-shaped
ventifacts)
Edward is told by his guide,
Eduardo Echeverria, that the
Hinchi use...
