Deflection of sand movement on a sinuous longitudinal (seif) dune: use of fluorescent dye as tracer |
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| Authors: | Haim Tsoar Dan H Yaalon |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Geography, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, Beer Sheva-84 120 Israel;2. Department of Geology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem Israel |
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| Abstract: | Sand was marked by fluorescent dye in order to trace sand movement and deposition on a longitudinal (seif) sand dune in the Sinai desert. The wind regime was monitored simultaneously. Tracing the dyed sand was possible after light to moderate sand storms and was graphically represented on maps.The dune was subjected to a seasonally bidirectional wind regime, with the wind hitting the dune obliquely on either side. On the windward flank the sand was transported parallel to the wind direction. On the lee flank sand movement was deflected towards parallelism with the crest line. Sand movement was deflected if the dune had a sharp profile which favored separation of wind flow on the lee flank. The deflection depended on the angle of incidence between the wind and the crest line: when the angle of incidence was < 40°, sand on the lee flank was transported parallel to the crest line; when the angle of incidence was nearly perpendicular to the crest, movement along the lee flank abated and deposition occurred. Where the dune was low, flat and blunt, as in a zibar dune, there was no boundary-layer separation and no deflection of sand movement on the lee flank. The deflected movement along the lee flank resulted in elongation of the longitudinal (seif) dune. |
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