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Info on the Dunes

White Sands Dune
White Sands Dune
Photo Rob Roberts
 

If you think a dune is just a dune, you're just wrong.

Find out more about the different kinds of dunes with Geology of Sand Dunes by John Mangimeli.


 Chapter 4 (Dune Systems) and chapter 5 (Interdunes) of the Geological Overview of White Sands Monument by S.G. Fryberger will also very interesting.

 

 

If you are interested in knowing how all the gypsum got there in the first place, you will find the answers under geological info and this comfortable and handy brochure.

 

If you are interested in knowing where all the gypsum came from, check here on geological info or read up in this comfortable and handy brochure.

 

 

 


To the best of our knowledge all information is current. If you should discover any errors, however, please let us know. Thanks!

 

  

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