| Abstract: | When a hailstone melts, wet but unsaturated sand within the crater is attracted to the hailstone surface by surface tension. Shrinkage of the melting hailstone then produces one or more rings of sand within the impact crater.-from Authors |
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| ProdID: | 70013502 |
| Citation Author: | Rubin, D. M.; Hunter, R. E. |
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| Citation End Page: | 582 |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Journal of Sedimentary Petrology |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Sedimentary structures formed in sand by surface tension on melting hailstones.; 1984; Article; Journal; Journal of Sedimentary Petrology; Rubin, D. M.; Hunter, R. E. |
| Citation Start Page: | 581 |
| Citation Volume: | 54 |
| Citation Year: | 1984 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Sedimentary structures formed in sand by surface tension on melting hailstones.; 1984; Article; Journal; Journal of Sedimentary Petrology; Rubin, D. M.; Hunter, R. E. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Sun, 1 Jan 1984 00:00 -0600 |
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