Aeolian processes
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Wind erosion creates deflation hollows by removing loose sand and abrasion shapes ventifacts, yardangs and zeugen, while wind deposition forms barchans and seif dunes.
Work done by wind, including deflation and abrasion as erosion, and suspension, saltation and surface creep as transportation.
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