action of wind

"Do you suppose if we sit here long enough the action of wind and weather will lower this cliff by two or three hundred feet?"

I did not mention here the action of winds or other atmospheric phenomena just to make things easier.

Some were merely scraps of ribbon, color lost through the action of wind and weather.

Because of the action of winds and currents, isopycnals are not always level.

Ventifacts are rocks which have been cut, and sometimes polished, by the abrasive action of wind.

Similar formations were often found in groups, having been carved from the same layers of stone by the same action of wind and water.

The head is a drainage feature created through erosion of soft, clay-rich soil by the action of wind and water.

In addition to these management plans, land managers may also reshape the blowouts with machinery to reduce the swirling action of winds.

Traditional wisdom considered the action of wind on the wings as an impulse of particles, which made Newtonian calculations possible.

A cleaning event is a phenomenon whereby dust is removed from solar panels, particularly ones on Mars, by the action of wind.

The 'tide-lumps' are increased swells of unusual size due to the combined action of wind against tide.

Ancient seismic activity forced the stratified rock towards the sky and the action of wind and frost have fashioned it into bizarre shapes.

Surface erosion of the surface of a levee is usually caused by the action of wind and water (waves but also normal flow).

The first impression is of a deep chasm, bone-dry now but bespeaking millions of years of the action of wind and water.

In one place he had come upon fresh snow, formed by the action of wind and cold into strange fields of knee-high and razor-sharp fronds.

The vent pipe is sufficiently long such that the roof does not interfere with the action of wind across the top of the vent pipe.

Due to the combined action of winds, currents and air temperature fluctuations, sea ice expanses typically undergo a significant amount of deformation.

"Look, Christos, this side is rougher than the other one, which was polished smooth by the combined action of wind and sand blowing through the trail."

Other terms, such as grease ice and pancake ice, are used for ice crystal accumulations under the action of wind and waves.

The mesa top was slickrock, a plateau of naked sandstone hollowed and carved by the action of wind and water.

Due to the action of winds, currents and temperature fluctuations, sea ice is very dynamic, leading to a wide variety of ice types and features.

Susan Eisen's large open bowls, with irregularly coiled walls suggestive of geological layers, appear to represent the action of wind and water on the land.

Today, fossil remains illustrating the various life forms can be found in many of the rocks as they are slowly exposed by the action of wind, water and ice.

Driftwood is wood that has been washed onto a shore or beach of a sea, lake, or river by the action of winds, tides or waves.

Derwent Edge has several examples of unusually shaped gritstone tors which have been formed by the actions of wind, rain and frost over many centuries.