This dataset includes raw point cloud data from repeat terrestrial laser scans (TLS) for early-stage protodunes migrating and eroding on a gravel surface in the Helga's Interdune Area, Gobabeb, Namib Desert, Namibia. As well as the TLS data, additional nearby measurements of the wind speed through a CSAT 3D sonic anemometer and sediment transport using a Sensit along with sediment trap data downwind of the focus protodune.

This dataset includes raw point cloud data from repeat terrestrial laser scans (TLS) for measuring ripple and saltation dynamics as well as early-stage protodunes migrating and eroding on a moist surface in the Medano Creek Area, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado, USA. As well as the TLS data, additional measurements include wind speed with a CSAT 3D sonic anemometer and sediment transport using a Sensit and Wenglor fork sensors.

Laser ablation trace element data for rutile and apatite were recovered from Mindola and Nchanga. At Mindola the Kitwe Formation is the major host to Cu-Co (copper-cobalt) mineralisation at Nkana-Mindola, particularly within the Ore Shale member. The Ore Shale has been subdivided into multiple units based on texture and composition. In summary, a black shale or dolomitic siltstone. often with a schistose or banded texture, passes upwards into a coarser porous sandstone or siliceous dolomite and capped by a massive argillite. Mineralisation across Nkana-Mindola is primarily hosted by dolomitic siltstones, pyritic black shales and schists. At Nchanga samples were analysed from the upper and lower ore bodies hosted within the Lower Roan metasediments which unconformably overlie the basement, transitioning from basal continental, arenaceous clastic rocks to shallow marine argillaceous clastic rocks and mixed platform carbonates. Context of samples and methods described in; Chapters 4 and 5 Kelly, Jamie (2024) Dataset for thesis "Constraining Cu-(Co) mineralisation in sediment-hosted copper deposits using rutile, apatite, and carbonate geochronology". University of Southampton doi:10.5258/SOTON/D3219 [Dataset]

This dataset includes measurements of protodune and barchan height, length and migration on both Mars and Earth. Earth measurements were calculated from high resolution Terrestrial Laser Scans (TLS) of bedforms migrating through time in coastal and desert regions. Raw point cloud data can be found at Nield et al. (2023a; 2023b; 2025a; 2025b). Mars measurements were calculated from High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) imagery. Nield, J.M., Baddock, M.C., Wiggs, G.F.S. (2023). Surface and Meteorological Data of Protodune Dynamics at Helga's Interdune Area, Gobabeb, Namib Desert, Namibia on 13th September 2022. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/10203f53-7471-4b8e-8177-74aef66bb432 Nield, J.M., Wiggs, G.F.S., Baddock, M.C. (2023). Surface and Meteorological Data of Protodune Dynamics at Brancaster Beach, UK on 12th August 2016. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/26eacb3a-982b-4d5c-bb48-9bc4de4dfb40 Nield, J. M., Wiggs, G. F. S., Baddock, M. C., Nangolo, S. N., Huck, R. A., Rambert, C. (2025). Surface and meteorological data of protodune dynamics at Helga's interdune area (north), Gobabeb, Namib Desert, Namibia from September to December 2023. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/d5675759-de19-4d47-ba5d-f8fb323bdc24 Nield, J.M., Wiggs, G.F.S., Baddock, M.C., Hipondoka, M.H.T., Delorme, P., Morgan, P.R., Mayaud, J.R., Huck, R.A., Wallum, N.S., Flores Aqueveque, V., Gillies, J.A. (2025) Surface and meteorological data of barchan and protodune dynamics at the Huab Dune Field, Skeleton Coast, Namibia from 2014 to 2023. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/f7d18a98-9cd5-4b35-b42d-ed9f5afd944d

This dataset includes raw point cloud data from repeat terrestrial laser scans (TLS) for measuring saltation and moisture dynamics as well as early-stage protodunes developing on a moist beach surface. As well as the TLS data, additional measurements include wind speed with a CSAT 3D sonic anemometer and sediment transport using a Sensit and Wenglor fork sensors. Sediment traps were also used for sediment transport, and grain size of the trapped sand was measured.

This dataset includes processed aeolian ripple and meteorological data from raw data sets available in Nield et al. (2025; 2023a; 2023b) from field sites at 1) Medano Creek Area, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado, USA and 2) the Huab Dune Field, Huab River Valley, Skeleton Coast, Namibia. Nield, J. M., M. C. Baddock, and G. F. S. Wiggs (2025), Surface and Meteorological Data of Ripples, Saltation and Protodune Dynamics at Medano Creek, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado, USA in March and April 2023, (dataset), NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre, doi:10.5285/4b86b7a5-51ee-47b8-836d-a72cfd2be26b. Nield, J. M., M. C. Baddock, G. F. S. Wiggs, P. Delorme, A. Valdez, N. Wallum, and D. Goss (2023a), Surface and Meteorological Data of Ripple and Saltation Dynamics at Medano Creek Area, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado, USA on 5-11th April 2022, (dataset), NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre, doi:10.5285/738dc233-3bd7-4174-aa98-8c33fc35f344. Nield, J. M., G. F. S. Wiggs, M. C. Baddock, and P. Delorme (2023b), Surface and Meteorological Data of Saltation and Ripple Dynamics at Huab Dune Field, Skeleton Coast National Park, Namibia 2014, 2016 and 2018, (dataset), NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre, doi:10.5285/cc1b2bd9-2099-4fea-a731-6b4cf3d4c2be.

This dataset includes raw point cloud data from repeat terrestrial laser scans (TLS) for measuring early-stage protodunes developing, migrating and eroding on a moist surface in the Medano Creek Area, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado, USA. As well as the TLS data, additional measurements include wind speed with a CSAT 3D sonic anemometer and sediment transport using a Sensit and Wenglor fork sensors.

This dataset includes raw point cloud data from repeat terrestrial laser scans (TLS) for measuring early-stage protodunes developing, migrating and eroding on a gravel surface in the Helga's Interdune Area (north), Gobabeb, Namib Desert, Namibia. As well as the TLS data, additional measurements include wind speed with a CSAT 3D sonic anemometer and sediment transport using a Sensit sensor.