Information Page: Sand Ripples
Play Laboratory
Key Attributes
Domain: | terrestrial, coastal |
Keywords: | sediment |
Keywords: | bed load |
Keywords: | ripples |
Model name: | Animation model name |
Name: | Earle, McBride |
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Short Description
Grade level: Middle (6-8), High (9-12), Under graduate (13-16)
Statement: Current Ripples
Abstract: Sand ripple migration, shown at various speeds. The ripples are generally climbing and processes such as avalanching, scour pit formation and merging of bedforms can be seen.