Sentences with phrase «calcareous sand»

Modern sediments around the site include sandy - muds in inland lagoons (composed mainly of peneroplid foraminifera) and on the windward side, a 3.3 yard raised beach 44 - 98 yards wide, of calcareous sand.

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Pink Beach — locally called Pantai Merah — has a mixture of white and red sand formed from pieces of foraminifera, a marine protozoan with calcareous shells, and is one of only seven of its kind in the entire world.
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