Tidal sand waves are a key geomorphological feature of shallow, sandy continental shelves, generated by the interplay of tidal currents, non-tidal hydrodynamic processes, and sediment dynamics. These ...

Big waves – some topping 18 feet in Los Angeles County – wreaked havoc on Friday, Jan. 6, as high tides and a winter swell continued to work over the Southern California coastline leading to beach ...

Megaripples are sand waves with wavelengths in the metre range, between ordinary beach ripples (centimetres) and dunes (ten to 100 metres). They are commonly found on earth and Mars. Their sand ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 11—After swollen surf chewed the face from a 20-foot-tall sand berm on Ocean Shores' southern shoreline for the second time ...

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — The strong winds on Lake Michigan Thursday night, going into Friday, made for enormous waves that kite surfers like Tye Kowalski look forward to. “I was like, maybe 50 yards from ...

For the first time, surfing is on the Olympic stage. The surfing event will last for three days and has to run within the dates from July 25 to August 1. The reason for this window? Not all waves are ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has photographed giant sandy formations on Mars. These intriguing structures tell a climatic history. These sandy ridges, called megaripples, measure up to one meter (3.3 ...

Researchers have analyzed an extensive collection of sand samples from so-called megaripple fields around the world and gained new insights into the composition of these sand waves. These could help ...