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ORIGIN AND MAINTENANCE OF RIPPLE MARKS
Author(s) -
TANNER WILLIAM F.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
sedimentology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.494
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1365-3091
pISSN - 0037-0746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1963.tb01221.x
Subject(s) - ripple , ripple marks , geology , flume , geotechnical engineering , engineering , geometry , mathematics , electrical engineering , flow (mathematics) , voltage
SUMMARY A mechanical analog has been designed, constructed, and operated to produce a variety of ripple marks. Ripple‐mark maintenance has been studied in a wave tank, in an experimental flume, on tidal flats, and on dune fields.