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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.


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Further reading

* Prothero, D. R. and Schwab, F., 1996, ''Sedimentary Geology'', pg. 43-64, Sedimentology Patterned grounds Sedimentary structures {{geology-stub