Desert pavement

Desert pavement

A natural, residual concentration of wind-polished, closely packed pebbles, boulders, and other rock fragments, mantling a desert surface where wind action and sheetwash have removed all smaller particles. It usually protects the underlying, finer-grained material from further deflation.

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desert pavement

Earth science; Soil science

A natural, residual concentration of wind-polished, closely packed pebbles, boulders, and other rock fragments, mantling a desert surface where wind action and sheetwash have ...

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A closely-packed surface layer of coarse pebbles and gravel.

desert pavement

Geography; Physical geography

A veneer of coarse particles left on the ground after the erosion of finer particles by wind.

desert pavement

Earth science; Geology

A lag accumulation of pebbles or boulders that cuts off further deflation.

desert pavement

Natural environment; Deserts

A thin, surface layer of closely packed pebbles.

desert pavement

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