Sound-producing sand avalanches

Contemporary Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 329-342

  Sholtz, Paul ^a   Bretz, Michael ^a   Nori, Franco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0031482233     PISSN: 00107514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001075197182306     Document Type: Article

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