Barchan dunes: why they cannot be treated as 'solitons' or 'solitary waves'
Author(s)
Livingstone, I.
Wiggs, G.F.S.
Baddock, Matthew
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2005
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Schwämmle and Herrmann (Nature, 2003, vol. 426, p. 619) have suggested that two sub-aerial barchan sand dunes could 'pass through one another while still preserving their shape' in a manner similar to solitons or solitary waves. A wide range of published field and wind tunnel evidence suggests that this assertion should not go unchallenged.Schwämmle and Herrmann (Nature, 2003, vol. 426, p. 619) have suggested that two sub-aerial barchan sand dunes could 'pass through one another while still preserving their shape' in a manner similar to solitons or solitary waves. A wide range of published field and wind tunnel evidence suggests that this assertion should not go unchallenged.
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Journal Title
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Volume
30
Subject
Geology not elsewhere classified
Geology
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience