| Description |
xiv, 343 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-321) and index. |
| Contents |
Individuals -- Tribes -- Sand and imagination -- Societies on the move -- Moving on -- Blowing in the wind -- Witness -- Sand and imagination -- Servant -- Outward and onward. |
| 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"--From book jacket. |
| Subject |
Sand -- Miscellanea.
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Sandstone -- Miscellanea.
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| ISBN |
9780520254374 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0520254376 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780520265974 (pbk.) |
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0520265971 (pbk.) |
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