| Reference Type | Journal (article/letter/editorial) |
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| Title | VI.—Miniature Domes in Sand |
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| Journal | Geological Magazine |
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| Year | 1884 (January) | Series:Volume | 3:1 |
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| Issue | 1 |
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| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
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| DOI | doi:10.1017/s0016756800164453 |
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| Mindat Ref. ID | 261623 | Long-form Identifier | mindat:1:5:261623:4 |
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| Full Reference | (1884) VI.—Miniature Domes in Sand. Geological Magazine, S. 3 Vol. 1 (1) 20-22 doi:10.1017/s0016756800164453 |
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| Plain Text | (1884) VI.—Miniature Domes in Sand. Geological Magazine, S. 3 Vol. 1 (1) 20-22 doi:10.1017/s0016756800164453 |
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| In | (1884, January) Geological Magazine S. 3 Vol. 1 (1) Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
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| Abstract/Notes | In walking along a stretch of very fine smooth sandy shore at Blundellsands, I was very much struck at finding a portion of it studded over with numerous bosses of sand from ½ in. to 3 inches in diameter. Wondering what could be the cause of this singular phenomenon, I dissected some of them with my knife, and found in all cases a cavity below corresponding in extent and height to the external form of the boss or tumescence. The perfect regularity and smoothness of these protuberances was very remarkable; they appeared to be in all cases segments of spheres connected with the plane of the shore by reflex spherical curves. The largest I dissected measured 3 inches in diameter rising half an inch. The thickness of the dome was ½ an inch and the cavity below was 3 inch diameter also. The following is a section— |
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