Tom Clifton: Fluid Flow: AntidunesAntidunes are bedforms that form in fast, shallow flows. I have been fascinated by them since I was 5. They were even the topic of my dissertation, but that was mainly so I could continue playing in the sand.Mount St. Helens Anniversary- May 18, 2004 24 years ago right now. At 8:22 a.m. on May 18, 1980 the landscape in the photo above was shattered and transformed into something new. Mac Net Journal I am pleased that someone else recognized this event. I was in California on May 18th, but experienced one ash fall that summer while out at Willipa Bay. Five years later, I was working in the blast zone and on the Toutle River, looking at the river deposits produced by the subsequent floods. During this work, I found sedimentary structures...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100021/2004/05/18.html#804 The things you find on the web.- May 13, 2004 While reviewing the referer logs for this weblog, I came across a MSN search for "antidune experiments" that generated two hits. I went to the search to see if there were any new data on antidunes. Fluid Flow was the third listing. The second listing was the antidune reference page that I maintain. The top listing pointed to a DOE site that I have never heard about. More importantly the title described antidune structures exactly. So off I went, hoping that someone had made similar...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100021/2004/05/13.html#801 |