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Wind-blown rocks and trails on Little Bonnie Claire Playa, Nye County, Nevada
Thomas D. Clements
Wind-blown rocks and trails on Little Bonnie Claire Playa, Nye County, Nevada
Journal of Sedimentary Petrology (September 1952) 22 (3): 182-186
Wind-blown rocks and trails on Little Bonnie Claire Playa, Nye County, Nevada
Journal of Sedimentary Petrology (September 1952) 22 (3): 182-186
Index Terms/Descriptors
Latitude & Longitude
Abstract
Controversy regarding the origin of furrows or trails occurring on the surface of the Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Monument led to the search for evidence of the same phenomenon on other playas. Such evidence was found on Little Bonnie Claire Playa in Nye County, Nevada, first in the form of a few nearly obliterated trails, and later in numerous fresh furrows following a protracted rain and wind storm. The author is of the opinion that the furrows or trails are made in the wet and slippery clay surface of the playa by rocks propelled by the wind.
ISSN: 0022-4472
Coden: JSEPAK
Serial Title: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology
Serial Volume: 22
Serial Issue: 3
Title: Wind-blown rocks and trails on Little Bonnie Claire Playa, Nye County, Nevada
Author(s): Clements, Thomas D.
Pages: 182-186
Published: 195209
Text Language: English
Publisher: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists,
Tulsa, OK,
United States
Accession Number: 1959-046494
Categories: Geomorphology
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus.
N35°00'00" - N42°00'00", W120°00'00" - W114°04'60"
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2017, American Geosciences Institute. Reference includes data from Bibliography and Index of North American Geology, U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States
Update Code: 1959
