GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Wind is a powerful agent of erosion. Aeolian (wind-driven) processes constantly transport dust, sand, and ash from one place to another. Wind can sometimes blow sand into towering dunes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Wind erosion is the process by which wind moves sand or soil from one location to another.

Detailed explanation-3: -Abrasion is the process of erosion produced by the suspended particles that impact on solid objects. Windblown grains of sand, carried along at high speed, are a very effective tool that can sandblast away rocks by abrasion.

Detailed explanation-4: -Physical weathering Wind can cause weathering by blowing grains of sand against a rock, while rain and waves cause weathering by slowly wearing rock away over long periods of time.

Detailed explanation-5: -The three processes of wind erosion are surface creep, saltation and suspension. Characteristics of each are outlined below. Surface creep-in a wind erosion event, large particles ranging from 0.5 mm to 2 mm in diameter, are rolled across the soil surface.