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A book I look forward to reading

I have referred several times in the past to Orrin H. Pilkey, James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of Geology at Duke University. Now, together with colleagues from...

August 1, 2011 2 min read

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August 2011

Musings and news on the extraordinary stories sand has to tell of our planet and daily lives

August 1, 2011 7 min read

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Military forensics: a reader's query

I have frequently noted my pleasure in regularly receiving “out of the blue” comments and e-mails – I find myself in contact with all kinds of people from aroun...

July 1, 2011 5 min read

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Martian floods of tears - are the TSIs ESRs? Or is it just the total drag?

It’s always sobering to realise that we have a more detailed view of the surface of Mars than we do of the floors of our own oceans. And, while the evidence for...

June 1, 2011 9 min read

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Sunday sand: small details, large effects

As you may have guessed by now, I find sands and sandstones fascinating - fascinating and vital in so many different ways to our daily lives. But while, more of...

June 1, 2011 7 min read

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June 2011

Musings and news on the extraordinary stories sand has to tell of our planet and daily lives

June 1, 2011 9 min read

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Yardangs: an Accretionary Wedge Weirdness Cross-post

Yardangs 1. Photo courtesy of Michael Welland. It has been great fun to collaborate with Evelyn over at Georneys on a serendipitous coincidence of the letter “Y...

May 1, 2011 6 min read

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April 2011

Musings and news on the extraordinary stories sand has to tell of our planet and daily lives

April 1, 2011 8 min read

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March 2011

Musings and news on the extraordinary stories sand has to tell of our planet and daily lives

March 1, 2011 5 min read

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A long-tailed black swan visits

A quick visual inspection of the visit stats for this blog reveals a rather startling anomaly: in general a typical day will see a couple of hundred visits, but...

February 1, 2011 3 min read

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A sanctuary in the dunes

The tide did now its flood-mark gain, And girdled in the Saint’s domain: For with the flow and ebb, its style Varies from continent to isle; Dry shood o’er sand...

February 1, 2011 6 min read

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It's a sandpile world

One of the – many – entertaining research themes for my book was the role that sand plays in the imagery of our imaginations. Large numbers, very small things,...

February 1, 2011 7 min read