Waimea Bay continues to evolve. El Niño conditions in 1969 and 1983, for example, triggered massive winter swells that ...

Dutch researcher Joris van den Berg has developed a mathematical model to predict the movement of sand waves. Sand waves are formed by an interaction between the tidal current and sand. They are ...

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 ...

The Gulf of San Matias, Argentina, provides examples of unusual, large sand waves located on the sill of a small semi-enclosed basin. The distribution of the waves appears to be related to changes in ...

In the present contribution the presence of sand waves in the Messina Strait, Italy, is analysed, on the basis of unpublished data gathered during two different surveys carried out in 1991 and 1992.

San Francisco long has been renowned for its hills, bay and bridges -- but not for expanses of sand dunes. That's liable to change. It turns out there are more than 2 square miles of dunes right next ...

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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Surf’s up in Medano Creek at Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes, sort of, thanks to bountiful snow in the high peaks above the dunes. OK, you can’t really surf ...

You can ask anyone interested in beauty and style: getting perfectly coiffed beachy waves is quite a feat. It's like the Holy Grail of hair styling. For many women, there's nothing like trip to the ...

More than 1,600 firefighters were battling the raging Sand fire Sunday, which had scorched about 51 square miles in the Angeles National Forest and Santa Clarita area, prompted several waves of ...

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 ...