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Fig. 20.4
Types of ripples and small dune forms found on larger subaqueous dunes (Modifi ed from Gonzalez and Eberli (
1997
) )
In spite of their importance in generation and maintenance
of carbonate sand shoals, the details of the generation and
dynamics of physical bedforms in these systems have not
been systematically studied in the Bahamas, with the
exceptions of Imbrie and Buchanan (
1965
) and Gonzalez
and Eberli (
1997
). Here, we follow the terminology of the
latter study (Figs.
20.4
and
20.5
), which focused on
patterns from an inlet system in the Exuma island chain.
