Round 2: Tossup 20

The Lettau equation modeling the movement of this substance agrees with Pierre-Yves Belly’s experiments verifying the Kawamura curve. The RDP/DP ratio was introduced to model the movement of this solid substance, which corresponds to anything between -1 and 4 on the Krumbein phi scale. The movement of this substance (-5[1])is proportional to the square root of d over 250 micrometers times u-star cubed according to the (*) Bagnold (“BAG-nohld”) formula. This substance (10[1])can (10[1])be horizontally secured with a groin. (-5[1])This material moves by saltation from the (10[1])stoss to the lee side of certain features (10[1])which come in “barchan” (10[1])and “parabolic” (10[1])types. The vast majority of the Earth’s mobile form of this material is found in ergs. For 10 points, name this material that makes up dunes. ■END■

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