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eolian

[ē′ōl·yən]
(meteorology)
Pertaining to the action or the effect of the wind, as in eolian sounds or eolian deposits (of dust). Also spelled aeolian.
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Cumulative thickness of the sedimentary rocks is over 3,600 meters, and rocks consist of a thick basal continental sequence overlaid by transitional beds followed by a thick succession of Quaternary limnic, fluviatile and eolian sands and clays.
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Layer 2--very tine loose sands, probably of eolian origin, 1 meter thick.
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Eolian turbine of Tihuta, the first of this type that provides national energy, has an installed capacity of 250 kW.
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The sedimentary rocks have a cumulative thickness of over 3,600 meters and consist of thick basal continental sequence overlain by transitional beds followed by a thick succession of Quaternary limnic, fluviatile and eolian sands and clays.
Source-rock investigation of the Turonian-Maastrichtian Fika shale from Wireline-logs, Chad basin, Nigeria
Compared to the southern shore, Nipissing dunes are rare in the north and eolian landforms apparently grew horizontally rather than vertically.
Geological sciences
Mid-Wisconsinan eolian deposits of the Kittigazuit Formation, Tuktoyaktuk coastlands, Northwest Territories, Canada.
New radiocarbon-dated vertebrate fossils from Herschel Island: implications for the palaeoenvironments and glacial chronology of the Beaufort sea coastlands
Finally, the encasing Whitney rock is a homogenous volcaniclastic siltstone of eolian (wind-blown) origin (LaGarry, 1998) that does not show lucustrine-type deposits expected from a permanent pond.
Characterization of modern turtle death sites for comparison with late eocene and early oligocene turtle sites
Chronology of inland eolian dunes on the coastal plain of Georgia, LISA.
The grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae) fauna of sand dunes along the Little Ohoopee River, Emanuel County, Georgia, USA
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The high plain is constituted of eolian continental sediments (loess) shaped by fluvial action into a very gently rolling plain.
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