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Research Methods - Sand Traps


Sand traps capture wind-blown sand to provide measurements of how much sand is passing a location in a known abount of time. A sand trap needs to capture moving sand while allowing the wind to pass through the trap as freely as possible. Many different sand trap designs exist. We use two types of traps that best fit our studies:

Different sand traps on top of blowout.
Leatherman-style sand trap (left) and winter sand trap (right) capture wind-blown sand at blowout crest.
(Hoffmaster State Park in December 2002.)


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