Sedimentary ridges, both symmetric and asymmetric, and generally larger than bedforms that characterize the upper shoreface of coastal zones dominated by waves are calledwave-formedbars. They were recognized as early as 1845 on the marine coasts of Europe (Elie de Beaumont), by 1851 in the Grea...
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