Nature Communications (Jan 2022)

Megaripple mechanics: bimodal transport ingrained in bimodal sands

  • Katharina Tholen,
  • Thomas Pähtz,
  • Hezi Yizhaq,
  • Itzhak Katra,
  • Klaus Kroy

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26985-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Megaripples are sand landforms found in wind-blown environments. A newly identified characteristic signature of the underlying bimodal sand transport process is found in the grain-size distribution on megaripples and could lend insight into transport conditions on Earth and other planetary bodies.