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Irregular wave ripples, and some left on the beach when the water is gone

May 29, 2020

ripples
sediment
sediment transport
waves

I’m getting more and more fascinated with wave ripples. I kinda understand how they form, but not enough to be able to explain as much about them as I would…

Foam stripes and sand ripples

May 22, 2020

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foam stripes
ripples
sand
sand bank

So you might have seen my novel on the formation of sand ripples last week, and the tl;dr: I have a vague idea of how sand ripples form, but it’s…

Sand ripples. Why do they form in the exact way they do?

May 15, 2020

ripples
sand
sediment
sediment transport

It has been bugging me for a while that on days where there isn’t a lot going on in terms of regular wave watching, I often see ripples in the…

Tag: ripples

Irregular wave ripples, and some left on the beach when the water is gone

Foam stripes and sand ripples

Sand ripples. Why do they form in the exact way they do?

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