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• Bell, Trudy E. and Phillips, Dr. Tony. "City-swallowing Sand Dunes." Science@NASA. Dec. 6, 2002. (Oct. 15, 2008)
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• Chang, Kenneth. "Secrets of the Singing Sand Dunes." NY Times. Jul. 25, 2006. (Oct. 15, 2008)
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• "Coastal Sand Dunes." Capital Regional District. 2007. (Oct. 15, 2008)
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• "Coasts: Sand and Dunes." U.S. Geological Survey. Jan. 19, 2004. (Oct. 15, 2008)
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• Creager, Ellen. "Dune what comes naturally at Sleeping Bear." Detroit Free Press. Sept. 21, 2008. (Oct. 15, 2008)
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• "Desert Features." U.S. Geological Survey. Oct. 29, 1997. (Oct. 15, 2008)
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• "Great Sand Dunes National Monument." USParkInfo.com. 2008. (Oct. 15, 2008)
  http://www.usparkinfo.com/greatdune.html
• "Mars image shows wind-sculpted sand dunes." Telegraph.co.uk. Apr. 11, 2008. (Oct. 15, 2008)
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/04/11/scimars111.xml
• Martin, Glen. "City's beautiful but hidden sand dunes." San Francisco Chronicle. Jul. 20, 2006. (Oct. 15, 2008)
  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/07/20/SANDDUNES.TMP
• O'Connor, Anahad. "When Sand Dunes Collide, Sometimes They Mate and Multiply." NY Times. Dec. 23, 2003. (Oct. 15, 2008)
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• "Sand Dunes." Desert USA. 2008. (Oct. 15, 2008)
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• Schevitz, Tanya. "11-year-old boy killed in sand dune collapse." SFGate. Oct. 13, 2008. (Oct. 15, 2008)
  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/12/BAR913G016.DTL
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• "Types of Dunes." U.S. Geological Survey. Oct. 29, 1997. (Oct. 15, 2008)
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• "What is sand made of?" SEED Science Center. 2008. (Oct. 15, 2008)
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• "When Sand Dunes Have Been Destroyed." UNESCO. March 2007. (Oct. 15, 2008)
  http://www.unesco.org/csi/pub/source/ero9.htm