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Wiley, Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 29(87), p. 285, 2006

DOI: 10.1029/2006eo290003

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Giant Sand Waves at the Mouth of San Francisco Bay

Journal article published in 2006 by Patrick L. Barnard, Daniel M. Hanes, David M. Rubin ORCID, Rikk G. Kvitek
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Abstract

A field of giant sand waves, among the largest in the world, recently was mapped in high resolution for the first time during a multibeam survey in 2004 and 2005 through the strait of the Golden Gate at the mouth of San Francisco Bay in California (Figure 1a). This massive bed form field covers an area of approximately four square kilometers in water depths ranging from 30 to 106 meters, featuring more than 40 distinct sand waves with crests aligned approximately perpendicular to the dominant tidally generated cross-shore currents, with wavelengths and heights that measure up to 220 meters and 10 meters, respectively.