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Academic Minute
5:00 am
Thu August 9, 2012

Dr. Earle McBride, The University of Texas at Austin – D-Day Beach Sand

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Earle McBride discovered shrapnel and other microscopic relics from the D-Day invasion more than four decades later on Omaha Beach.
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Omaha Beach sand seen through a binocular microscope. Pastel grains are carbonate rock fragments, carbonate skeletal grains, and iron-oxide coated quartz grains. Rust coated shrapnel grains are visible in the center. (Mean grain size = 0.2 mm.)
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Scanning electron microscope image of shrapnel grains and an iron bead, remnants of the D-Day invasion.
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In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. Earle McBride of the University of Texas at Austin explains the discovery of microscopic artifacts on one of history’s most famous beaches.

Earle McBride is Professor Emeritus and the J. Nalle Gregory Chair Emeritus in Sedimentary Geology in the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas at Austin. His research is focused on the physical and chemical processes that alter sand over time. He holds a Ph.D. in geology from Johns Hopkins University.

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Academic Minute
5:00 am
Tue June 12, 2012

Dr. Bayani Cardenas, The University of Texas at Austin – Hot Springs

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In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. Bayani Cardenas of the University of Texas at Austin reveals what’s going on beneath the surface of a hot spring.

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Academic Minute
5:00 am
Fri June 1, 2012

Dr. Art Markman, The University of Texas at Austin – Why We Like Round Numbers

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For the 500th Academic Minute, Dr. Art Markman of the University of Texas at Austin explains why we think round numbers such a big deal.

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