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Why do regular, wavelike shapes form when the wind blows over the sand on the beach for a long time? And what determines the spacing (frequency) of these waves?

Publication:

Scientific American

Publisher:

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, a Division of Springer Nature America, Inc.

Date:

Oct 21, 1999

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