"Our work gave us the first 3-D map of the area." Hanes said he and Barnard were surprised by size of the sand waves "and also by the pattern. Frankly, it was beautiful." Barnard and Hanes posted ...

THE sand waves dealt with in this paper are not the well-known “current mark,” or ripple mark of rivers, but the larger sort, first scientifically described by Prof. Osborne Reynolds.

He starts with descriptions of waves and ripples in blown sand, and passes later to the similar forms produced under water, giving many good photographs to illustrate their various characteristics.