hwest winds, covers ev
erything in its path.
Within the extremel
y hars h environment of the
dune field, even plants and animals a
dapted to
desert
conditions struggle to survive. Only a few
species of plants grow rapidly enough to survive
burial by the moving dunes, but several types
of small animals have evolved white colorations
to camouflage them in the gypsum sand. White
Sands National Monument preserves
a major part
of this gypsum dune field, along with the plants
and animals that have adapted successfully to this
constantly changing environment.At the northern end of the Chihuahuan Desert lies
a mountain-ringed valley, the Tularosa Basin. Rising
from the heart of this basin is one of the world's
great natural wonders-the glistening white sands
of New Mexico. Great wave-like dunes of gypsum
sand have engulfed 275 square miles of desert
here and created the largest gypsum dune field
in the world.
The dunes, brilliant and white, are
ever changing.
They grow, crest, then slump but always advance.
Slowly
-
but relentlessly the sand, driven by strong
southwest winds, covers e
verything in its path.
Within the extremely harsh environment of the
dune field, even plants and animals adapted to
desert conditions struggle to survive. Only a few
s
-
pecies of plants grow rapidly enough to survive
burial
The LC-MS separates and detects the content of liquid samples such as solutions of TNT, RDX, enzymes, and other molecules.
-
by the moving dunes, but several types
of small animals h
ave evolved white colorations
to camouflage them in the gypsum sand. White
Sands National Monument preserves a major part
of this gypsum dune field, along with the plants
and animals that have adapted successfully to this
constantly changing environment.At the northern end of the Chihuahuan Dese
-
rt lies
a mountain-ringed valley, the Tu
larosa Basin. Rising
from the heart of this basin is one of the world's
great natural wonders-the glistening white sands
of New Mexico. Great wave-like dunes of gypsum
sand have engulfed 275 square miles of desert
here and created the largest gypsum dune field
in the world.
The d
-
unes, brilliant and whi
te, are ever changing.
They grow, crest, then slump but always advance.
Slowly but relentlessly the sand, driven by strong
southwest winds, covers everything in its path.
Within the extremely harsh environment of the
dune field, even plants and animals adapted to
desert conditions struggle to survive. Only a few
species of plants grow rapidly enough to survive
-
burial by the moving dunes, but several types
of small animals have evolved wh
ite colorations
to camouflage them in the gypsum sand. White
Sands National Monument preserves a major part
of this gypsum dune field, along with the plants
and animals that have adapted successfully to this
constantly changing environment.At the northern end of the Chihuahuan Desert lies
a mountain-ringed valley, the Tularosa Basin. Rising
from the heart of this basin is one of the world's
great natural wonders-the glistening
-
Particle Size Analyzer (PSA):
white sands
of New Mexico. Great wave-like dunes of gypsum
sand have engulfed 275 square miles of desert
here and created the largest gypsum dune field
in the world.
The dunes, brilliant and white, are ever changing.
They grow, crest, then slump but always advance.
Slowly
-
but relentlessly the sand, driven
by strong
southwest winds, covers everything in its path.
Within the extremely harsh environment of the
dune field, even plants and animals adapted to
desert conditions struggle to survive. Only a few
sp
- ecies of plants grow rapidly enough to survive
burial by the moving dunes, but several types
of small animals have evolved white colorations
to camouflage them in the gypsum sand. White
Sands National Monum
Other equipment available:
- ent preserves a major part
of this gypsum dune field, along with the plant
- s
and animals that have adapted successfully to this
constantly ch
- anging environment.At the northern e
- nd of the Chihuahu
- an Desert lies
a
- Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer
- mountain-ringed valley, the Tularosa Basin. Rising
from the heart of this basin is one of the world's
gre
The EMRTCat natural wonders-the glistening white sands
of New Mexico. Great wave-like dunes of gypsum
sand have engulfed 275 square miles of desert
here and created the largest gypsum dune field
in the world.
The dunes, brilliant and white, are ever changing.
They grow, crest, then slump but always advance.
Slowly but relentlessly the sand, driven by strong
southwest winds, covers everything in its path.
Within the extremely harsh environment of t
he
dune field, even plants and animals adapted to
desert conditions struggle to survive. Only a few
species of plants grow rapidly enough to survive
burial by the moving dunes, but several types
of small animals have evolved white colorat