saltation

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Yet, saltation from winds may be sufficient to move or remove materials not anchored by vegetation.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Sand grains can be moved by traction and saltation.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Wind-induced saltation abrasion of the rocks in Yellowknife Bay appears to have been the mechanism responsible for erosion and exhumation of the ancient lake bed sampled by Curiosity.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 23, 2014

I’m trying, rather, to work out and articulate some of the troubling questions that arise amid all the laughter and saltation and community pride of the Maine Lobster Festival.

From Slate • Sep. 29, 2012

By the Muse of my ancestor the Poet!" exclaimed Colonel Prowley, indignantly, "I will no longer endure this clumsy travesty of that choric saltation with which Apollo was said to inspire his Pythian virgins.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 by Various