Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
This presentation discusses the high winds that made some sand sheets at exactly the same time that the Carolina Bays formed and demonstrates how the introduction of LiDAR imagery has improved the study of the Earth's surface.
The Neglected Carolina Bays: Ubiquitous Geological Evidence of a Cataclysm.
Amazon: amzn.to/4dqrcRY
A. Zamora, A model for the geomorphology of the Carolina Bays, Geomorphology, 282, 209–216. (2017), DOI 10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.01.019
doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.01.019
LiDAR Visualization Tool for Google Earth by Michael Davias. ovoidbasinsurvey.cintos.org
lidar-hrtm.cintos.org
Python program for fitting ellipses to the Carolina Bays by the least squares method.
github.com/citpeks/Carolina-Bays-least-squares-ellipse-fitting
Fit ellipses using a web browser
pyscript.com/@ellipses123/ellipse-fitting/latest
Coordinates of eolian sand sheets for this video:
GA01 31.525084,-83.382845
GA02 31.500287,-82.743418
GA03 32.034365,-82.788467
GA04 32.007895,-82.140345
GA05 31.735217,-81.878774
GA06 32.411666,-82.133998
GA07 32.134253,-81.759286
SC01 33.310867,-81.482591
SC02 33.205016,-81.178605 Govan
SC02A 33.220810,-81.153331
SC02B 33.204031,-81.182333
SC03 34.359120,-79.320200 Kelly Bay
NC04 34.827252,-78.700327 Little Singletary Lake (Firestone p.192)
This presentation discusses the high winds that made some sand sheets at exactly the same time that the Carolina Bays formed and demonstrates how the introduction of LiDAR imagery has improved the study of the Earth's surface.
The Neglected Carolina Bays: Ubiquitous Geological Evidence of a Cataclysm.
Amazon: amzn.to/4dqrcRY
A. Zamora, A model for the geomorphology of the Carolina Bays, Geomorphology, 282, 209–216. (2017), DOI 10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.01.019
doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.01.019
LiDAR Visualization Tool for Google Earth by Michael Davias. ovoidbasinsurvey.cintos.org
lidar-hrtm.cintos.org
Python program for fitting ellipses to the Carolina Bays by the least squares method.
github.com/citpeks/Carolina-Bays-least-squares-ellipse-fitting
Fit ellipses using a web browser
pyscript.com/@ellipses123/ellipse-fitting/latest
Coordinates of eolian sand sheets for this video:
GA01 31.525084,-83.382845
GA02 31.500287,-82.743418
GA03 32.034365,-82.788467
GA04 32.007895,-82.140345
GA05 31.735217,-81.878774
GA06 32.411666,-82.133998
GA07 32.134253,-81.759286
SC01 33.310867,-81.482591
SC02 33.205016,-81.178605 Govan
SC02A 33.220810,-81.153331
SC02B 33.204031,-81.182333
SC03 34.359120,-79.320200 Kelly Bay
NC04 34.827252,-78.700327 Little Singletary Lake (Firestone p.192)
