ripple mark

Example Sentences

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There was water flowing over it in currents strong enough to leave ripple marks.

From Scientific American

The retained pieces are of interest, for on their inner surfaces they are covered with a large number of small patches of very fine ripple marks.

From Nature

The footprints were found on what was once a river bank, bearing telltale ripple marks and desiccation cracks.

From Reuters

These ripple marks on the surfaces of the sandstone layers must have originated while the sand was movable, and therefore before it was cemented into sandstone.

From Project Gutenberg

The rocks show ripple marks which were made by waves when the rock material was soft sand and mud.

From Project Gutenberg