Sentence examples for desert pavement from inspiring English sources
noun
A desert surface that is covered with closely packed rock fragments; reg, serir.
In arid regions, wind erosion often produces a gravelly land surface known as desert pavement.
Desert pavement, surface of angular, interlocking fragments of pebbles, gravel, or boulders in arid areas.
Areas of desert pavement are commonly cut by gullies that head within the pavement area itself.
His eye instead turns toward the elements: fire, desert, pavement, scrub.
All soils present desert pavement owing to the action of severe aeolian erosion.
Desert pavement is a distinctive feature widespread across arid lands of the world.
Yardangs, desert pavements, exhumed roots and decapitated soils were recognized in interdune areas.
Surface characteristics of dry fans can often be subdivided into major zones called modern washes, abandoned washes, and desert pavements.
Desert pavements are surfaces composed of tightly packed gravel, the particles of which are covered by a thick varnish coating.
Desert pavements from the Bishop Tuff yield exposure ages that are ∼ 60% of the tuff's 40Ar/39Ar eruption age.
Thus, desert pavements are more suitable for determining the minimum eruption ages of yet-undated welded tuffs than bedrock exposures.
