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Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard, Nov. 7, 2009: Submarine Canyon...

Full story: Santa Cruz Sentinel

Along most of California's coastline, littoral drift is carrying the beach sand southward.

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Bummer dude

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Nov 7, 2009
 
What a Bouma, all that precious beach sand, the key to seasonal coastal tourist economies, swept away like little continental crumbs. Maybe it's really all being scooped away by secret Singapore submarines lurking in the canyons...
james

Santa Cruz, CA

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Nov 7, 2009
 
Great article. But makes me ask: where does beach sand come from?
J J J

Santa Cruz, CA

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Nov 7, 2009
 
james wrote:
Great article. But makes me ask: where does beach sand come from?
Ya...where does the sand come from?
Here is a link to answer that question...
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/pjenkin/point/grow...
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