Field and laboratory data obtained in this investigation indicate that eolian shape-sorting is probably of little quantitative importance in coastal dune areas. The conclusion is reached that where such action does occur, the wind tends to select grains of low sphericity values rather than those possessing high sphericity values, as has been stated by some previous investigators.

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