page_title: Aeolian processes
hierarchical_section_title: Aeolian processes
caption_attribution_description: Páramos de las faldas del Chimborazo, Ecuador, mostrando severa erosión eólica y sobrepastoreo
context_page_description: Aeolian processes, also spelled eolian, pertain to wind activity in the study of geology and weather and specifically to the wind's ability to shape the surface of the Earth. Winds may erode, transport, and deposit materials and are effective agents in regions with sparse vegetation, a lack of soil moisture and a large supply of unconsolidated sediments. Although water is a much more powerful eroding force than wind, aeolian processes are important in arid environments such as deserts.
  The term is derived from the name of the Greek god Aeolus, the keeper of the winds.
context_section_description: Aeolian processes, also spelled eolian, pertain to wind activity in the study of geology and weather and specifically to the wind's ability to shape the surface of the Earth (or other planets).  Winds may erode, transport, and deposit materials and are effective agents in regions with sparse vegetation, a lack of soil moisture and a large supply of unconsolidated sediments. Although water is a much more powerful eroding force than wind, aeolian processes are important in arid environments such as deserts.
  The term is derived from the name of the Greek god Aeolus, the keeper of the winds.
caption: Wind erosion of soil at the foot of Chimborazo, Ecuador.
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