A pebble/cobble strewn surface of a desert that results from deflation.
An arrangement of pebbles and large stones that remains behind as finer dust and sand particles are blown away by the wind.
(3) a desert ground surface of thin, smooth, or sheetlike, wind-polished, closely packed pebbles, boulders, gravel, and other rock fragments, where wind and sheetwash have removed all small particles. These fragments are commonly cemented by mineralized solution.
A covering of stones and coarse sand protecting desert soils from further wind erosion. The covering results from the differential erosion of finer material.
A ground cover of granule-size and larger particles that is typically found in arid areas. This ground cover of coarse particles is a residual deposit - formed when the wind selectively removes the sand-, silt- and clay-sized materials.
A closely packed layer of rock fragments concentrated in a layer along the Earth's surface by the deflation of finer particles.
A veneer of pebbles left in place where wind has removed the finer material.
Lag gravel surface of gibbers (pebbles and boulders) on the soil surface.
a surface of pebbles and boulders left behind after sand and silt have been blown away
Landform. Small stones covering the ground that creates the appearance of pavement. Desert pavement is formed by wind erosion that removes sand and soil from around the stones, leaving a surface covered only by closely packed small stones.
hard, flat, dry ground and gravel that remains after all sand and dust has been eroded from a surface.
A closely-packed surface layer of coarse pebbles and gravel.
A layer of gravel or stones remaining on the surface of the ground in deserts after the removal of fine material by wind. SEE DEFLATION AND HAMADA.
A mosaic-like stone surface forming the ground in a desert.
A thin, surface layer of closely packed pebbles.
A residual deposit left when continued deflation removes the fine grains of a soil and leaves a surface covered with close-packed cobbles.
A desert pavement is a desert surface that is covered with closely packed, interlocking angular or rounded rock fragments of pebble and cobble size. It is thought that they are formed by the gradual removal of the sand, dust and other fine grained material by the wind and intermittent rain. Frequently the stones are polished by the abrasion of wind-borne dust and may even be shaped by the wind, becoming ventifacts.