2.2.3. Aeolian Transport

Wind, with its direct effect on sediment erosion/transport/deposition, influences the "fine sediment" budget although wind drifted gravel has been documented by Zenkovich [76]. Aeolian processes are responsible both for input and output in the beach budget, although the former only has been generally considered, except for alongshore transport [77]. Offshore transport is evident from satellite images, but almost exclusively concerns silt-sized sediments coming from inland areas and not the beach itself. Inland transport has been documented in Neolithic times (burial of Skara Brea, Orkney [78]); historical times, e.g., abandonment of the Roman Via Julia, Wales after the year 1344 [79] and burial of the church at Skagen [80]; and in the present time, examples can be found in Spain [81], South Africa [82], and Australia [83].
