- 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...
- Sandhill – Type of
ecological community or
xeric wildfire-maintained
ecosystem Ventifact – Rock that has been
eroded by wind-driven sand or ice
crystals Yardang –...
- Sandhill – Type of
ecological community or
xeric wildfire-maintained
ecosystem Ventifact – Rock that has been
eroded by wind-driven sand or ice
crystals Desert...
- Valley,
Russia Aeolian processes Hoodoo (geology)
Precarious boulder Ventifact The
Facts on File.
Earth Science Handbook Ciudad Encantada -
Visitor information...
- Árbol de
Piedra ("stone tree"), an
unusual rock formation,
about 7
meters high, a
ventifact carved by wind-blown sand in the
Eduardo Avaroa Reserve....
- rock
instead of sand
Saltation (geology) –
Particle transport by
fluids Ventifact – Rock that has been
eroded by wind-driven sand or ice
crystals "Hamada...
- cream. It has m****ive
chalk rock
formations that are
textbook examples of
ventifact and
which have been
created as a
result of
occasional sandstorm in the...
