subject: Sediment transport - Slurry Pump Parts - Slurry Pump EHR [print this page] MechaMechanisms Sand blowing off a crest in the Kelso Dunes of the Mojave Desert, California. Toklat River, East Fork, Polychrome overlook, Denali National Park, Alaska. This river, like other braided streams, rapidly changes the positions of its channels through processes of erosion, sediment transport, and deposition. Aeolian Main article: Aeolian processes Aeolian or eolian (depending on the parsing of ) is the term for sediment transport by wind. This process results in the formation of ripples and sand dunes. Typically, the size of the transported sediment is fine sand (7.5 Bed load 7.5>2.5 Suspended load: 50% Suspended >1.2, 0.8,