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Submicroscopic frosting on eolian and subaqueous quartz sand grains
Stanley V. Margolis and David H. Krinsley
Submicroscopic frosting on eolian and subaqueous quartz sand grains
Geological Society of America Bulletin (December 1971) 82 (12): 3395-3406
Submicroscopic frosting on eolian and subaqueous quartz sand grains
Geological Society of America Bulletin (December 1971) 82 (12): 3395-3406
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Abstract
Investigation of surface features on quartz sand grains of eolian origin from 20 desert and coastal dune environments from around the world reveals that chemical solution and redeposition of silica by the action of desert dew along with mechanical wind abrasion causes frosting and rounding of sand grains.
ISSN: 0016-7606
EISSN: 1943-2674
Coden: BUGMAF
Serial Title: Geological Society of America Bulletin
Serial Volume: 82
Serial Issue: 12
Title: Submicroscopic frosting on eolian and subaqueous quartz sand grains
Affiliation: University of Georgia, Department of Geology,
Athens, GA,
United States
Pages: 3395-3406
Published: 197112
Text Language: English
Publisher: Geological Society of America (GSA),
Boulder, CO,
United States
References: 19
Accession Number: 1996-032066
Categories: Sedimentary petrology
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. incl. 1 table
Secondary Affiliation: Queens College,
USA,
United States
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2019, American Geosciences Institute.
Update Code: 199611
