Figure 1: The Mississippi River drainage basin and the lower Mississippi River. Figure 2: Sediment transport data from Thebes, Illinois, and Tarbert Landing, Mississippi. Figure 3: Model results for ...
Julian Leyland receives funding from UKRI. Sand underpins everything from skyscrapers to smartphones. Sharp sand (as opposed to rounded desert sand) is the key ingredient in concrete, while ...
Sand is the most mined resource worldwide, yet not many are aware of the global environmental crisis stemming from over-extraction. River sand is the main ingredient of concrete — a core resource in ...