Which mechanism leads to transverse dune formation when limited sediment is transported?

💡 Explanation

Saltation causes sand grains to bounce across the surface, concentrating in areas with minimal vegetative cover, thereby leading to alignments perpendicular to the wind, rather than parabolic dunes which dominate when more sediment present, because a threshold sediment supply promotes this transverse pattern.

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