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Sand, can be described in terms of both texture and composition. Textual attributes include size, size sorting, angularity, shape and surface texture of the grains. Grain size refers to the mean diameter of the grains and is usually determined by sieving. Grain size is directly related to the energy of velocity of the agent which transports the grains and is inversely related to the total distance of transport prior to deposition. Size sorting is a measure of the range in grain sizes within a given deposit of sand. Poorly-sorted sands contain grains of many different sizes within the sand-size range; well-sorted sand have only a narrow range of particle diameters. The best-sorted sands are those transported by agents of law viscosity and de-posited very slowly, McGraw-Hill Encyclopaedia of Science and Technology (6th Edn.)Sand, is a product of abrasion or breakdown of older parent or source rocks, (Concise Oxford Diction-ary) see also Goa Foundation, Goa v. Diksha Holdings Pvt. Ltd., (...
Sand dune
Sand dune, hill, mound or ridge of loose material (not always sand) are formed by wind action. The existence of dunes is a direct function of the ability of wind to transport unconsolidated material. They are commonly associated with desert regions where wind-blown sand occupies extensive areas. It has been estimated, for example, that sand deposits in the Sahara Desert cover about 2,700,000 sq miles (70,00,000 sq km), New Encyclopaedia Britannica (Vol. 10) see also Goa Foundation, Goa v. Diksha Holdings Pvt. Ltd., (2001) 2 SCC 97....
Sand-gavel
Sand-gavel, a payment due to the lord of the manor of Rodley, in the county of Gloucester, for liberty granted to the tenants to dig sand for their common use, Cowel....
Sanded
Covered or sprinkled with sand sandy barren...
Sand-grouse
Sand-grouse are protected by the Sandgrouse Protection Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 55), as continued by the Expiring Laws Continuance Acts, in order that they may, if possible, become acclimatised....
Minor mineral
Minor mineral, the expression 'minor mineral' as defined in s. 3(e) includes 'ordinary clay' and 'ordinary sand'. If the expression 'minor mineral' as defined in s. 3(e) of the Act includes 'ordinary clay' and 'ordinary sand', there is no reason why earth used for the purpose of making bricks should not be comprehended with in the meaning of the word 'any other mineral' which may be declared as a 'minor mineral' by the Government. The word 'mineral' is not a term of art. It is a word of common parlance, capable of a multiplicity of meanings depending upon the context, Banarsi Dass Chadha v. Lt. Governor, AIR 1978 SC 1587 (1588): (1978) 4 SCC 11. [Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 (67 of 1957), s. 3(e)]Means building stones, gravel, ordinary clay, ordinary sand other than sand used for prescribed purposes, and any other mineral which the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be a minor mineral. [Mines and Minerals (Developmen...
Sandbagger
An assaulter whose weapon is a sand bag See Sand bag under Sand...
sandlot
Lit of or pert to a lot or piece of sandy ground hence pert to or characteristic of the policy or practices of the socialistic or communistic followers of the Irish agitator Denis Kearney who delivered many of his speeches in the open sand lots about San Francisco as the sand lot constitution of California framed in 1879 under the influence of sand lot agitation...
Sandy
Consisting of abounding with or resembling sand full of sand covered or sprinkled with sand as a sandy desert road or soil...
Fulgurite
A vitrified sand tube produced by the striking of lightning on sand a lightning tube also the portion of rock surface fused by a lightning discharge...
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