Talk:Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

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[edit] What's a "Sand Dune"?

Sleeping bear dunes were created by wind erosion. the wind lifted the sediment/sand and dropped it to create sand dunes —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.209.185.183 (talk • contribs)

Erg nope, they were created by glacial activity but modified by wind erosion. --Cody.Pope 08:19, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Actually, they were in fact created by wind. Glacial activity created the sand, and the bluffs on which the dunes sit, but by definition, a dune is an eolian landform. Trust me on this, it's the subject of my masters thesis :). Triphook 08:51, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, I think that then confounds the issue with semantic nonsense. The bluffs are colloquially referred to as the "dunes" (by not just locals but by the park service). Saying that the large piles of sand of the "dune climb", for example, were created by wind-erosion is very misleading. The top most features of those bluffs may be the only technical dunes, but the prescriptive and/or academic use of the term, doesn't followed the descriptive use -- still, I'm an anthropologist (with a linguistic background) and not a geologist. :) --Cody.Pope 09:49, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Oh and PS, I went to UofM, go MAIZE and BLUE (sorry this comment is entirely inappropriate, but I couldn't help myself). --Cody.Pope 09:52, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

I think this really needs a few sources! That would end all argument. (Go Blue) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dachande (talk • contribs) 13:59, August 29, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More/better pictures

The historic farm is nice and all, but it's hardly representative of the park as a whole. We need more shots of the dunes themselves. The winter one is interesting, but some summer ones would be nice too, since that's when the vast majority of visitors come. Funnyhat 19:08, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

I see that new ones have been added. Nice work! Funnyhat 19:35, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Actually, they are old ones that had gotten removed/replaced along the way. older ≠ wiser 19:40, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lakeshore vs. Park

According to the National Park service, the Sleeping Bear area is officially classified a "National Lakeshore" and not a "National Park". Please see here: [1]. I've reverted the page once more, but will not revert again, per the 3 revert rule. --Cody Pope 20:29, 12 November 2007 (UTC)