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What is sand? What’s it made from, and how does it get from where it’s made to the beaches and sand dunes that surround many of our shores? On this album, Dr Dave McGarvie of The Open University takes us on a visit to Cornwall to follow grains of sand on their journey from the high moorland to the sea shore. Back in the lab, he demonstrates some techniques for looking in detail at samples of sand. The album draws on material originally created to support The Open University course Exploring Science.

Exploring sedimentary processes - for iPod/iPhone The Open University

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What is sand? What’s it made from, and how does it get from where it’s made to the beaches and sand dunes that surround many of our shores? On this album, Dr Dave McGarvie of The Open University takes us on a visit to Cornwall to follow grains of sand on their journey from the high moorland to the sea shore. Back in the lab, he demonstrates some techniques for looking in detail at samples of sand. The album draws on material originally created to support The Open University course Exploring Science.

    Exploring sedimentary processes

    Exploring sedimentary processes

    A brief introduction to this album.

    • 45 s
    Transcript -- Exploring sedimentary processes

    Transcript -- Exploring sedimentary processes

    A brief introduction to this album.

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    From granite to sand

    From granite to sand

    How sand is formed by the weathering of moorland rock.

    • 7 Min.
    Transcript -- From granite to sand

    Transcript -- From granite to sand

    How sand is formed by the weathering of moorland rock.

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    Sand under the microscope

    Sand under the microscope

    What microscopic investigations reveal about samples of sand.

    • 4 Min.
    Transcript -- Sand under the microscope

    Transcript -- Sand under the microscope

    What microscopic investigations reveal about samples of sand.

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