A sand wave is a lower regime sedimentary structure that forms across from tidal currents. Sand waves are formed through the action of the wind or water...

platform is covered by sand, forming the beach, and then the platform can only be identified at low tides or when storms move the sand. Wave-cut platforms form...

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wet the sand beyond this area. However, the drift line is likely to move inland under assault by storm waves. Beaches are the result of wave action by...

the Jurassic period as large sand dunes migrated across a sandy desert. The thin ridges and ribbing seen within The Wave are the result of the differential...

Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles. Sand has various compositions but is defined by its grain size. Sand grains are...

local wave dynamics are favorable. A type of open ocean surf break, these occur where sand build ups occur well offshore to produce breaking waves in the...

by wave oscillations. In most present-day streams, ripples will not form in sediment larger than coarse sand. Therefore, the stream beds of sand-bed...

Singing sand, also called whistling sand, barking sand, booming sand or singing dune, is sand that produces sound. The sound emission may be caused by...

trough (marine landform). Sand carried by the offshore moving bottom current is deposited where the current reaches the wave break. Other longshore bars...

species of sand dollar have slits called lunules that can help the animal stay embedded in the sand to stop it from being swept away by an ocean wave. In living...

Channel, off the Welsh coast, are the OBel Sands, an extensive area of sand waves up to 62 ft (19 m) high, covering more than 400 sq mi (1,036 km2)). The...

and white) can often have deposits of black sand, particularly after storms. Larger waves can sort out sand grains leaving deposits of heavy minerals visible...

crustaceans, known as mole crabs, sand fiddlers, sand fleas or sand crabs. These small animals burrow in the sand in the swash zone and use their antennae...

sediment is added to a coast. The natural forces of wind, waves and tides then distribute the sand along the coast over many years, preventing the need for...

was born in England. Wakes completed a PhD titled The development of a sand wave at the University of Nottingham in 1991. Wakes was a chartered engineer...

a coastal landform, a type of dune system and sand island, where an area of sand has been formed by wave and tidal action parallel to the mainland coast...

Sand art is the practice of modelling sand into an artistic form, such as sand brushing, sand sculpting, sand painting, or creating sand bottles. A sandcastle...

balls, bullets, sand grains: particle models work across a huge scale. Unlike waves, particles do not exhibit interference. Classical waves interfere. Particles...

(clay, silt, pebbles, sand, shingle, shells) along a coast parallel to the shoreline, which is dependent on the angle of incoming wave direction. Oblique...

storm waves in the ocean. Deposition involves fallout from suspension and lateral tractive flow due to wave oscillation. As the large waves drape sand over...

or wind). Examples of these bedforms are ripples, dunes, anti-dunes, sand waves, hummocks, bars, and delta slopes. Environments in which water movement...

with wave pounding have large sand deposits and loosely consolidated sand cliffs. Waves in these areas can be extra damaging due to the suspended sand material...

and an elastic solid medium (such as an interface between water and sand). The wave is of maximum intensity at the interface and decreases exponentially...

washed by incoming waves, probing the softened sand with their bills. The sand crab retreats under the sand surface as each wave goes out, maximizing...

sneaker wave, also known as a sleeper wave, or in Australia as a king wave, is a disproportionately large coastal wave that can sometimes appear in a wave train...

glut thy sorrow on a morning rose,       Or on the rainbow of the salt sand-wave,               Or on the wealth of globed peonies; Or if thy mistress...

open coastline where the waves break over a sand-bottom. They are the most common, yet also the most volatile of surf breaks. Wave breaks happen successively...

to Tor Ness. The worst part is over a sand wave field about 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) west of Stroma. The waves formed by this race form a natural breakwater...

On the other hand, south-flowing currents and waves caused by northeasterly trade wind transport sand on the bank to the south. These forces in both...