Waves of sand and snow and the eddies which make them . aminingminiature deltas and mud-flows. In one placesomewhat muddy sand had flowed, with productionof wealds or transverse ribs, and had come to surface was dry, but quaked under foot. Ifound an empty beer-bottle lying on the beach,and, holding it by the neck, I used the bottomas a plunger, inserting it in the sand and pushingit up and down without withdrawing it. Numerouslarge bubbles of air came up, and after a timethe bottle was gripped and held pretty tightly bythe sand. Near by was an alluvial fan, or delta-like deposit, wher
Waves of sand and snow and the eddies which make them . aminingminiature deltas and mud-flows. In one placesomewhat muddy sand had flowed, with productionof wealds or transverse ribs, and had come to surface was dry, but quaked under foot. Ifound an empty beer-bottle lying on the beach,and, holding it by the neck, I used the bottomas a plunger, inserting it in the sand and pushingit up and down without withdrawing it. Numerouslarge bubbles of air came up, and after a timethe bottle was gripped and held pretty tightly bythe sand. Near by was an alluvial fan, or delta-like deposit, where the sand was purer, containingmuch less admixture of fine, earthy particles. Ithad flowed with less formation of broad wealdsand more of the longitudinal ridges already de-scribed, which are due to the rapid separation ofsand from water. In this deposit I inserted theplunger and worked it up and down as bubbles of air came up, but they were fewin number and small in size. I should add thatin both cases the working of the plunger produced.
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