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Gill quoted on new sand grain study
"[This] study gives us a fresh, physicist's perspective on the concept of saltation – which is the key mechanism for the movement of sand," comments Tom Gill, a geologist at the University of Texas-El Paso who was not involved in the study. "Since saltation is also the key to the genesis of dust storms, the new work could also improve the modelling and parameterization of the effect of dust aerosols on the global environment and climate system."
