Sand & geology

Wingaersheek Beach

feldspar-rich (plutonic/crystalline terrane)

Predicted regional composition

Q-F-L (quartz, feldspar, lithic) fractions sampled from the GloPrSM global sand model at this beach's location.

Q 40%
F 40%
L 20%

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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Wingaersheek Beach42.6501, -70.6857

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