Furthermore, mega ripples differ from how sea waves create ripples on sand beaches, and this is because a massive earthquake following the impact event seems to have first fluidised a layer of ...

The researchers propose that the megaripples were not formed in the same way as ordinary sand ripples on a beach, which ...

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 ...

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 ...