Wind-polished pebble
Ventifacts or dreikanters are pebbles or cobbles that have been abraded and shaped by wind-driven sand grains. This phenomenon is common in arid areas and deserts where the wind blows small grains at high speed over barren surfaces.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 118/1996c
- Category
- Array
- Collection Class
- Rocks
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Common Name
- wind-polished pebble
- Simple Name
- rock: wind-polished pebble
