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Thixotrophy

Article Title
Thixotropy, Delta Journal, Times-Picayune, November 18, 2007, C-11

Delta Journal

by Bob Thomas

A walk down the beach where the water laps up on the sand, especially in Alabama and Florida where the water is clear and the sand is white, is relaxing but can be a bit biologically misleading.

Lithophide Stone - Beach Rock

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Lithophide stones, Delta Journal, The Times-Picayune, July 29, 2007, C-11

Lithopede stoneDelta Journal

by Bob Thomas

If you spend much time on the beaches of Louisiana, you are bound to find odd looking hardened objects that appear to be stone. But, rocks on a beach? That doesn’t make sense on the Gulf coast.