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Paul</strong></a> </p> <div itemprop="description" class="hyphens"><p>This image shows grain flows on the slopes of coastal quartz and carbonate-dominated dunes in the Rub Al Kali desert in the emirate of Abu Dhabi.</p></div> </div> <div id="comments"> <form method="get" action="/login/"><input type="hidden" name="csrfmiddlewaretoken" value="8EUclLJOQlkoq9oEBKCY14sLUUe0GRE5gI69YrXXPDcgXfmZIZiS42tCdqny9eia"> <fieldset> <input type="hidden" name="next" value="/view/11858/"> <button type="submit" class="btn btn-default pull-right" data-username="">Login to Comment</button> </fieldset> </form> </div> </div> <div id="right"> <h4>Categories</h4> <ul> <li><a href="/category/field/">Field (2840)</a></li> <li><a href="/category/geomorphology/">Geomorphology (1370)</a></li> <li><a href="/category/stratigraphy-sedimentology-and-palaeontology/">Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology (510)</a></li> </ul> <h4>Location</h4> <div itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope 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