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Beaches and dunes of the Oregon coast

Creator:

United States. Soil Conservation Service and Oregon Coastal Conservation and Development Commission

Resource Type:

Book

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DUNES IN THE COASTAL ENVIRONMENT Active Dunes Open Dune Sand Transverse Dunes Oblique Dunes
The Ore bin ; Vol. 35 No. 5 (May 1973)

Creator:

Oregon. Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries and Lund, Ernest H.

Abstract:

This study is concerned with the post-Ice Age (Holocene) dunes in the coast segment between Coos Bay on the south and Sea Lion Point on the north. This is the longest strip of dunes along the Oregon coast and extends for a distance of about 55 miles. It is divided...

Resource Type:

Journal

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has developed on the sand supports a forest of large trees and dense brush; hence, eis ancient dune
Coastal sand dunes of Oregon and Washington

Creator:

Cooper, William Skinner, 1884-

Abstract:

In Part I the environment of the coastal dunes of Oregon and Washington is analyzed. Most of the substratum is a narrow foreland or terrace, in part submerged, that borders the mountain front. Temperature is relatively low in summer and rarely reaches the freezing point in winter. Winter precipitation is...

Resource Type:

Technical Report

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sources of the dune sand ................................................. 25 Sand, wind, and water: the