Electronic Resource
Oxford, UK
:
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Sedimentology
26 (1979), S. 0
ISSN:
1365-3091
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Geosciences
Notes:
It was observed that a monolayer of glass beads which were scattered sparsely on a rigid plane floor grew into regular waves of particles under oscillatory water flow. The relative displacement of two nearby particles due to viscous fluid forces seems to be responsible for the initiation of these particle waves. It was also observed that the similar particle waves were formed on the initially flat surface of a thick sand bed and subsequently developed into oscillatory sand ripples of a common type. On the basis of these observations, it is suggested that the particle waves may be the basic cause of the initiation of general ripple marks under oscillatory flow.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3091.1979.tb00340.x
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