Interference Ripples are a type of
sedimentary structure
Sedimentary structures include all kinds of features in sediments and sedimentary rocks, formed at the time of deposition.
Sediments and sedimentary rocks are characterized by bedding, which occurs when layers of sediment, with different particl ...
made up of two sets of
ripples
Ripple may refer to:
Science and technology
* Capillary wave, commonly known as ripple, a wave traveling along the phase boundary of a fluid
** Ripple, more generally a disturbance, for example of spacetime in gravitational waves
* Ripple (electri ...
formed at
right-angles to each other as a result of there being two dominant
paleocurrents. These ripples may be formed in the beds of
intermittent streams
A stream is a continuous body of surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to by a variety of local or regional names. Long large streams ar ...
.
References
Further reading
* Prothero, D. R. and Schwab, F., 1996, ''Sedimentary Geology'', pg. 43-64,
Sedimentology
Patterned grounds
Sedimentary structures
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