Credit: Gary Kinsland The researchers propose that the megaripples were not formed in the same way as ordinary sand ripples on a beach, which develop from the movement of individual grains. Instead, ...

Prehistoric Life Unearthed - Paleontology Documentary These megaripples also appear to have formed differently compared to how conventional sea waves cause ripples on beaches by moving sand particles.

But it turns out, they also impact deeper waters offshore – shifting sand, creating ripples and gullies and are even powerful enough to permanently change the artificial reef system just off the ...

New details about the impact of the Chicxulub asteroid - the one which wiped out the dinosaurs - have been revealed after researchers created a new map of "mega ripples" on the seafloor. Around 66 ...

Scientists have created a new map of "mega ripples" on the seafloor caused by the Chicxulub asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs, revealing further the events that led to the devastating mass ...

These megaripples also appear to have formed differently compared to how conventional sea waves cause ripples on beaches by moving sand particles. In the case of these megaripples, a massive ...