geology - Through the sandglass

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Streams of grains - some more amazing granular research

As I’m sure I’ve said before, to watch the sands of an hourglass in action is to observe all kinds of natural phenomena at work - and all kinds of questions to...

June 1, 2009 6 min read

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June 2009

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

June 1, 2009 6 min read

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Beach Nourishment and Sediment Budgets

I’m in the US at the moment (outside Philadelphia to be more precise), visiting family and preparing to give a talk in a couple of weeks time at the aquarium in...

May 1, 2009 6 min read

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May 2009

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

May 1, 2009 2 min read

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Kitchen physics continued

Some further observations, and hints for readers who wish to try this at home (or in the classroom). I was, as you could probably tell, flushed with the success...

April 1, 2009 7 min read

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Sandstone-making microbes, tafoni - and an extraordinary design idea

I love connections. Those unexpected and wonderful threads of stories that link and flow from one subject to another, subjects that would have seemed to have ha...

April 1, 2009 9 min read

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April 2009

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

April 1, 2009 8 min read

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Clogged Arteries - natural and unnatural rivers

Rivers are vital but also complex and dynamic systems - vital for the planet and vital for us. Civilization has always had an intimate relationship with rivers....

March 1, 2009 6 min read

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Invading dunes

Dunes move - it’s what they do, it’s what makes them dunes as opposed to lifeless piles of sand; and nothing will stand in their way. The images above are of du...

March 1, 2009 5 min read

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On the sands of time - the footprints of Ileret

I know that much has been written on this elsewhere over the last few days, but this blog is about the stories that sand can tell us - how could I possibly omit...

March 1, 2009 3 min read

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Rivers again - sandbags in the Red River Valley

Last Sunday was World Water Day, highlighting the global issues associated with this precious resource. But one of those issues is, as with all natural resource...

March 1, 2009 3 min read

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From Bogart to Bugs - the Angle of Repose

I try to make a point of watching all movies that feature sand in a significant role (probably the subject of a future post), and my 88-year-old father-in-law w...

February 1, 2009 6 min read