Sand boils caused by groundwater discharges affect beach stability, yet knowledge of these damaging underground erosions is largely misunderstood, and therefore hard to curb. Researchers at Flinders University's College of Science and Engineering have been conducting tests to provide a better... read full story
"The effect of sand layer thickness and the implications of driving head fluctuations on the formation and reformation of sand boils have not been explored previously—and we found significant differences to existing theories,"