Open AccessWave Ripples Spaced by Flow Downstream of Ripple Peaks
Author(s) -
Julia Rosén
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2015eo023911
Subject(s) - ripple , ripple marks , geology , downstream (manufacturing) , flow (mathematics) , mechanics , geometry , acoustics , physics , mathematics , engineering , operations management , voltage , quantum mechanics
The well-known ratio between sand ripple spacing and wave-driven flow oscillations may be dictated by flow dynamics downstream of ripple crests.