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REVIEWING in the light of later publications, particularly Sven Hedin's “Scientific Results” and Dr. W. P. Hume's “Geology of Egypt,” vol. 1, the observations of sand dunes which I made more than a quarter of a century ago, I have been led to recognise the dynamical significance of the peaked structure which is so marked and picturesque a character in the sand seas of the Gobi, the Tarim basin, and western Egypt.
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CORNISH, V. Limits of Form and Magnitude in Desert Dunes1. Nature 121, 620–622 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/121620a0
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