Thixotropy: An Important Concept in Beach Ecology
Nature Notes
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.
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
Article Title
Lithophide stones, Delta Journal, The Times-Picayune, July 29, 2007, C-11
Delta 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.