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MinuteEarth provides an energetic and entertaining view of trends in earth’s environment — in just a few minutes!
Note: “ortoclase” at 0:59 should be “orthoclase”
REFERENCES
Assallay, A. M., Rogers, C. D. F., Smalley, I. J., & Jefferson, I. F. 1998. Silt: 2–62 μm, 9–4φ. Earth-Science Reviews 45(1): 61-88. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001282529800035X
Bruce Wilkinson, Geology Professor, Syracuse University (personal communication)
Krinsley, D. H., & Smalley, I. J. 1972. Sand: The study of quartz sand in sediments provides much information about ancient geological environments. American Scientist 60(3): 286-291. http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/27843128?uid=3739736&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21103001116071
IMAGE CREDITS
Sand from Gobi Desert http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sand_from_Gobi_Desert.jpg Photo by: Siim Sepp
Ruler http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Regla_V.svg Image by: Dnu72
Black Sand Beach: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottiet812/2876766215/ Photo by: ScottieT812
Red Sand Beach: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kaihalulu_Red_Sand_Beach.JPG Photo by: Tom Walsh
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Dunes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidstanleytravel/5282834545/ Photo by: David Stanley
Sand Mining http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miletice,_p%C3%ADskovcov%C3%BD_lom_II.jpg by: Aktron / Wikimedia Commons
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