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Movement of Sand by Wind

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Dorothy Carroll
Dorothy Carroll
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Department of Geology, University of Western Australia.
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During last winter (1937) at Cottesloe, a seaside suburb of Perth, Western Australia, a large sand-dune was being levelled. This provided the writer with an excellent opportunity for observing the movement of sand grains by wind.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 76 , Issue 1 , January 1939 , pp. 6 - 23
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1939

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