sand

A loose material consisting of small mineral particles, or rock and mineral particles, distinguishable by the naked eye; grains vary from almost spherical to angular, with a diameter range from 1/16 to 2 millimeters. (Source: MGH)



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Leader GM, Bynoe R, Marks T, Stone A, Efraim K, Stratford K, Marais E 2023. Revisiting the Acheulean at Namib IV in the Namib Desert, Namibia.   Journal of Field Archaeology 48 (5) 380-394
Jürgens N, Gröngröft A 2023. Sand termite herbivory causes Namibia's fairy circles - A response to Getzin et al. (2022). Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 60
Le Roux PJ 1974. Drift sand reclamation of Walvis Bay, South West Africa. International Journal of Biometeorology 18 (2) 121-127
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Louw GN, Nicolson SW, Seely MK 1986. Short Communication: Respiration beneath Desert Sand: Carbon Dioxide Diffusion and Respiratory Patterns in a Tenebrionid Beetle. Journal of Experimental Biology 120 443-447
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Lamb T, Bauer AM 2006. Footprints in the sand: independent reduction of subdigital lamellae in the Namib–Kalahari burrowing geckos. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 273 (1588) 855-864
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Veste M, Littmann T, Friedrich H, Breckle S-W 2001. Microclimate boundary conditions for activity of soil lichen crusts in sand dunes of the north-western Negev desert, Israel. Flora 196 465-474
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Jürgens N 2013. The Biological Underpinnings of Namib Desert Fairy Circles. Science 339 (6127) 1618-1621
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Fairy circle supplementary.pdf 3.75 MB
1998. Agro-ecological zone description - Namib Desert. Agricola 10 (Addendum) 62-68
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Agro_ecological zone description_Namib Desert_1998.PDF 3.77 MB
1998. Agro-ecological zone description - Kalahari Sands Plateau. Agricola 10 (Addendum) 35 - 52
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Agro_ecological zone description_Kalahari Sands Plateau_1998.PDF 11.03 MB
Bester FV 2005. Dichapetalum cymosum (Poison-leaf / Gifblaar) - A never-ending problem. Agricola 15 7 - 15
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Dichapetalum cymosum_A never_ending problem.pdf 966.28 KB
van Rooyen MW, Theron GK, van Rooyen N, Jankowitz WJ, Matthews WS 2004. Mysterious circles in the Namib Desert: Review of hypotheses on their origin. Journal of Arid Environments 57 467 - 485
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Fairy_circles_of_namibia.pdf 390.37 KB
Bluck BJ, Ward JD, Cartwright J, Swart R 2007. The Orange River, southern Africa: an extreme example of a wave-dominated sediment dispersal system in the South Atlantic Ocean. Journal of the Geological Society 164 341-351
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The Orange River_southern Africa.pdf 698.56 KB
Lindesay JA, Tyson PD 1990. Climate and near-surface airflow over the central Namib. Transvaal Museum Monographs 7 (1) 27-37
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Climate and near_surface airflow over the central Namib.pdf 1.77 MB
McGwanne L, van der Merwe D, McLachlan A 1989. Interstitial meiofauna of Namib sandy beaches. African Zoology 24 (1) 18-26
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Besler H, Marker ME 1979. Namib sandstone: a distinct lithological unit. South African Journal of Geology 82 (1) 155-160
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Namib sandstone_a distinct lithological unit.pdf 1.37 MB
Seely MK 1977. Sand solidified by gemsbok urine as selected burrow sites by gerbils. African Zoology 12 (1) 247-249