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In 1957,
Frank Herbert
was a journalist and writer of short stories, on his way to
Florence, Oregon
to do an article about the U. S. Department of Agriculture's attempts to control sand dunes that were shifting. The USDA was searching for something to stabilize the dunes, and they came upon
European beach grass
. Herbert's research was for an article tentatively titled "They Stopped The Moving Sands." The article was never completed, but
his research of dune stabilization lead to larger ecological matters
, and eventually the novel
Dune
. This year marks
the 45th anniversary that novel
. The world of dunes, both fictional and real, has changed quite a bit in the years.
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posted by
filthy light thief
on Apr 22, 2010 -
101 comments
Pathological geomorphology
, the blog. Featuring:
dunes vs. river
,
parabolic [not Barchan] dunes
,
annular drainage
,
salt
!
glaciers
,
thermokarst
, and
another structurally controlled lake
.
posted by
ennui.bz
on Apr 3, 2010 -
22 comments
The mating habits
of
barchan
sand dunes.
posted by
homunculus
on Dec 25, 2003 -
2 comments
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