Sand : the never-ending story /
"From individual grains to desert dunes, from the bottom of the sea to the landscapes of Mars, and from billions of years in the past to the future, this is the extraordinary story of one of nature's humblest, most powerful, and most ubiquitous materials"--Jacket.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2009.
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| Summary: | "From individual grains to desert dunes, from the bottom of the sea to the landscapes of Mars, and from billions of years in the past to the future, this is the extraordinary story of one of nature's humblest, most powerful, and most ubiquitous materials"--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 343 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-321) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520254374 0520254376 9780520265974 0520265971 |