THE STUDY OF SUBAERIAL AND SUBAQUEOUS SAND RIPPLES.

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Abstract:

The report concerns an investigation of sand ripples on desert dunes. Reasons for this approach included greater probability of appreciable wind and blowing sand during the spring months, more favorable desert temperatures during this interval and a smaller probability of thunderstorms with rain. In addition, the subaqueous studies were delayed until the summer because of warmer water and because during the fall and winter months higher seas may be expected with greater wave energy for moving sediment. Author

Author(s):
Summers, Herbert J. ; Stone, Richard O.
Author Organization(s):
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES DEPT OF GEOLOGY
Descriptive Note:
Semi-annual progress rept.,
Pagination:
0027

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
USC-Geology-67-2
Contract/Grant Number(s):
N00014-67-A-0269
Project Number(s):
NR-388-085
 Subject Terms
Communities of Interest:
No COI(s) Identified
Descriptor(s):
*SAND, TRANSPORT PROPERTIES, UNDERWATER, SEDIMENTATION, INSTRUMENTATION, WATER WAVES, DISTRIBUTION, EROSION, DESERTS, COASTAL REGIONS, WIND, TEMPERATURE, SOURCES
Field(s)/Group(s):
Geology, Geochemistry and Mineralogy
Keyword(s):
RIPPLE MARKS, *SAND RIPPLES, SAND DUNES
Report Date:
1967 Jul 01