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Sunday sand: a nuptial arena

This last summer, the wedding of the daughter of friends of ours took place on North Stradbroke Island, off Australia’s Queensland coast. A dazzling expanse of...

December 1, 2010 5 min read

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December 2010

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

December 1, 2010 1 min read

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A catch-up round-up of the Geoblogosphere

If I were one for New Year’s resolutions, which, after decades of disappointing self-scrutiny, I’m afraid I’m not, I would probably resolve to try to manage my...

January 1, 2011 7 min read

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Piano bar

News stories are diverse and often strange – the mysterious appearance of a grand piano on a sand bar in Miami’s Biscayne Bay has received global media attentio...

January 1, 2011 2 min read

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January 2011

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

January 1, 2011 4 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

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February 2011

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

February 1, 2011 3 min read

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Accretionary Wedge # 32

The March edition of the Accretionary Wedge geoblog carnival is at Ann’s Musings, and the theme is a deceptively simple summons: “Throw me your ‘favorite geolog...

March 1, 2011 2 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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Sand and ice in Queens

Late last year, I reported on the strange interactions of sand and ice on the shores of Lake Superior and 500-million-year-old beaches. Recently, I heard from m...

April 1, 2011 2 min read