Open-file Report -
629
Yardangs at White Sands National Park, New Mexico, USA
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Steven G. Fryberger and Charles F. Fryberger
2024
Yardangs are streamlined geomorphic features created by eolian erosion of indurated sediments, nonsedimentary bedrock, or other wind-erodible material. In this study, we document the distribution, types, and sizes of yardangs present at White Sands National Park, New Mexico, using fieldwork and satellite imagery. The recognition and documentation of these yardangs is important because wind erosion and its products have created much of the geomorphology of White Sands. Understanding the wind erosion events recorded by the White Sands yardangs may also shed light on the processes and history of the preservation and subsequent exposure of the ancient human footprints recently discovered on the Alkali Flat. Additionally, the yardangs of White Sands provide possible analogs for yardangs on Mars.
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