Sound-Producing Sand Avalanches

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Sound-Producing Sand Avalanches PDF

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http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nori/booming_sand.html

Creator:

Bretz, Michael
Nori, Franco
Sholtz, Paul

Publisher:

University of Michigan. Dept. of Physics

Description: This site presents an analysis of the theories and experiments done so far on sound-producing (e.g., roaring, booming) sand avalanches. Several reference articles are cited, and a link to the summary of an article, "Booming Sand", in Scientific American volume 277, number 3, is provided. An on site version of another article, "Sound Producing Sand Avalanches", in Contemporary Physics, volume 38, number 5, is also presented in three different formats: PDF, HTML, and Postscript Preprint.The other main features of this site are sound recordings of booming sand, compressed squeaking sand, and croaking sand, as well as, and images and micrographs of booming dunes.

LC Classification:

Bibliography. Library science. Information resources (General) -- Subject bibliography -- Geology. Mineralogy. Paleontology -- Special topics, A-Z -- Landslides. Avalanches
Science -- Physics -- Acoustics. Sound -- Periodicals, societies, congresses, serial publications
Science -- Physics -- Periodicals, societies, congresses, serial publications
Science -- Physics -- Study and teaching. Research

GEM Subject:

Science
Science -- Physics
Science -- Earth science
Science -- Geology
Science -- Physical sciences

Resource Type:

Reference Material
Audio/Visual -- Graph
Audio/Visual -- Image/Image Set
Reference Material -- Bibliography

Format:

Document -- PDF

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Language:

English

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Free access

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