Sentence examples for surface of sand from inspiring English sources

Some minor relief forms are usually present on the surface of sand beaches.

If the bricks of Villa's 1981-82 successes had gradually been removed, then August and September 1986 saw the new foundations laid on a surface of sand.

In sand finishing, sand is applied to the column of clay by various means to give a very even surface of sand, which is fired into the unit.

In the centrifuge model, a dynamic excitation was applied to a rigid foundation resting on the surface of sand within a cylindrical container.

In some arid and desert tracts, wind has an important effect in bringing about the erosion of rocks by driving sand, and the surface of sand dunes not held together and protected by vegetation is subject to erosion and change by the drifting of blown sand.

The bocce court, or campo, is about 75 feet long by 8 feet wide (23 by 2.4 metres), with a level surface of sand or clay, enclosed with boarded ends and sides about 18 inches (45 cm) and 12 inches (30 cm) high, respectively.

As elevation rises, surfaces of sand and gravelly soil gradually merge into fertile soil on the hillsides and mountain slopes.

The half‐mile racing surface, composed of sand, loam and stone dust, was razor‐sharp as all hands awaited the rolling of the mobile starting gate.

In this paper, an alternative method is proposed which characterizes roughness with the aid of the power spectrum of the whole surface profile of sand particles.

The global shape and surface roughness of sand grains affect inter-particle contact junctions and internal frictional resistance.

Trampling increased soil loss partly by reducing vegetation cover but mainly by disrupting surface layers of sand on the Luvisol and of clay aggregates on the Vertisol.