-
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...
-
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...
-
Martell Albert; Ivy,
Robert (13 June 2021). "Chicxulub
impact tsunami megaripples in the
subsurface of Louisiana:
Imaged in
petroleum industry seismic...
- Sand
waves Medium to low Rare,
longer wavelength than
ripples Dunes/
Megaripples Low Large, meter-scale
ripples Upper Upper plane bed High Flat laminae...
-
notable for the
giant (up to 1.5
metres (4 ft 11 in) high), wind-formed
megaripples; they are
found southwest of
Carachipampa in the
valley that runs to...
- such as
aeolian sediments, dunes,
gravel pavements,
abraded rocks and
megaripples at
lower elevations, and
redeposit snow.
Precipitation consists mostly...
-
gradually leads over into the
megaripple-covered
surface through an
increased gravel cover. The
development of
these megaripples appears to have been influenced...
