The Sand

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481Australia / Gary Foley / Mervyn Bishop / Indigenous Australians / Aboriginal Tent Embassy / Indigenous peoples of Australia / Australian Aboriginal culture / Politics of Australia

Monday, 27 MarchDEFINING PHOTOGRAPH OF 70’S ON DISPLAY AT MGA Mervyn Bishop’s photograph of prime minister Gough Whitlam pouring sand through the hands of Aboriginal Gurindji elder Vincent Lingiari became one

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Source URL: www.mga.org.au

Language: English - Date: 2012-04-03 22:55:01
482Measurement / Engineering / Technology / Inclinometer / Clinometer

BEER CAN EXPERIMENT Purpose To determine the effect of pore pressure on the ease of movement along thrust faults and in gravity sliding. Tins A and B are filled with sand. Tin B has small holes punched in the bottom so t

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Language: English - Date: 2013-08-18 13:20:28
483Physical geography / Physical oceanography / Oceanography / Marine biology / Bering Sea / Pacific decadal oscillation / Mixed layer / Sea surface temperature / Sea ice / Water / Aquatic ecology / Atmospheric sciences

The status of the Bering Sea during the first 8 months of 1998 Phyllis J. Stabeno Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle, WA, 98115 USA

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Language: English - Date: 2004-01-19 10:57:17
484Surface mining / Galena / Chemistry / Mineral / Tap / Sand / Plastic / Crystallography / Natural resources / Economic geology / Gold mining / Placer mining

PLACER DEPOSITS Purpose To see how placer deposits are concentrated in different environments. In these experiments we shall use galena as the placer mineral because it is easy to see and obtain. (Galena is not found in

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Language: English - Date: 2013-08-18 13:16:43
485Swanbourne / Nedlands /  Western Australia

Press release – 25 Apr 2007 SOS Swanbourne and local residents praise Nedlands Council for revoking motion At its 24 Apr meeting, the Nedlands Council voted to revoke its 13 March motion to level the sand dunes at Swan

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Source URL: www.fbwa.iinet.net.au

Language: English - Date: 2010-04-22 20:52:46
486Petrology / Soil mechanics / Geomorphology / Angle of repose / Roundness / Sediment / Sorting / Sand / Particle size / Geology / Sedimentology / Sedimentary rocks

ANGLE OF REST Purpose To determine the angle of rest in loose sediments. To determine if the angle of rest is affected by grain size, roundness or sphericity and whether it is different in wet and dry sediments. Geologic

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Language: English - Date: 2014-04-21 06:05:21
487Sedimentology / Metrology / Petrology / Geomorphology / Roundness / Sandstone / Sand / Grain / Sphericity / Geology / Sedimentary rocks / Measurement

ENVIRONMENTAL INTERPRETATION OF SAND GRAINS Purpose To interpret the environment of formation of sands by matching the characteristics of the sand to those of known environments. Instructions

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Language: English - Date: 2013-08-18 13:20:13
488Materials science / Soil mechanics / Aquifers / Porosity / Sorting / Sandstone / Compaction / Sediment / Limestone / Geology / Sedimentary rocks / Petroleum

DRY POROSITY Purpose The purpose of activity I is firstly to measure the porosity of well sorted sand before and after compaction, and secondly to see what variation there is between different grain sizes. In activity II

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Language: English - Date: 2013-08-18 13:16:23
489Petrology / Construction / Architecture / Crystallography / Sedimentary rocks / Sandstone / Stone

Sand and sandstones Describing sandstones A P F 5 min per sample a) Students describe the size, sorting, roundness and colour of a variety of sandstones both by examining the sandstone and by rubbing grains off and exami

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Language: English - Date: 2013-08-18 13:20:01
490Water technology / Water filters / Filters / Water pollution / Water purification / Water treatment / Water / Chemistry / Matter / Soft matter

PURIFYING WATER Purpose To determine which sand size is best for filtering water. We shall test the sand for filtering out food colouring which is an organic compound suspended in the water and for filtering out mud. Ins

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Language: English - Date: 2013-08-18 13:16:50
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