-
sinuous crests approximately transverse to the
direction of the wind.
Megaripples These occur in the
upper part of the
lower flow
regime where sand with...
- embayment. It has been
suggested that wind-formed (aeolian)
gravel "
megaripples" in
Argentina have
counterparts on the
planet Mars.
Gravel is a major...
- ISBN 978-3-319-06133-7. Koumoundouros,
Tessa (July 14, 2021). "Fossilized
Tsunami '
Megaripples'
Reveal The
Devastation From The
Chicxulub Asteroid". ScienceAlert. Retrieved...
- Sand
waves Medium to low Rare,
longer wavelength than
ripples Dunes/
Megaripples High Large, meter-scale
ripples Upper Upper plane bed High Flat laminae...
-
difference between sand
waves and
similar bedforms, such as ripples,
megaripples,
subaqueous dunes, and
sediment waves. In some
classification systems...
-
Martell Albert; Ivy,
Robert (13 June 2021). "Chicxulub
impact tsunami megaripples in the
subsurface of Louisiana:
Imaged in
petroleum industry seismic...
-
since the 1970s,
several theories on the
formation have been proposed:
Megaripples eroded in the
basal ice fill
during subglacial outburst floods. Already...
-
tephra over 100
kilometres (62 mi) southwestward, and a
large number of
megaripples formed by
volcanic material occur both
inside and
outside of the caldera...
- wind has been a
major geomorphic agent. Wind
driven sand
bodies like
megaripples and
dunes are
extremely common on the
modern Martian surface, and Opportunity...
- Sand
waves Medium to low Rare,
longer wavelength than
ripples Dunes/
Megaripples Low Large, meter-scale
ripples Upper Upper plane bed High Flat laminae...
