Sand & geology
Gwangalli Beach
lithic-rich (volcanic/collisional terrane)
4 km and a width of 25 to 110 metres, in a curved in a half-moon shape with fine sand.
Extracted from Wikipedia.
Predicted regional composition
Q-F-L (quartz, feldspar, lithic) fractions sampled from the GloPrSM global sand model at this beach's location.
F 43%
L 52%
GloPrSM v1.0.0 (IJ_QFL). GloPrSM is calibrated on modern river sand; beach sand in the same watershed is a reasonable proxy but not identical.
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Gwangalli Beach35.1542, 129.1206