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Sand
and gravel pit, Happendon, Lanarkshire |
Scotland is well-endowed with sand and gravel resources, thanks to alluvial deposits and, more significantly, those left by glaciation.
As deposits are superficial, extraction has fewer long-term consequences for the landscape than stone quarrying.
The demand for this material is driven by their use in concrete, as aggregates in construction. |
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