
Shoreforms
Dune Grass or Bare Sand: Two Very Different Shore Surfaces
Dune grass or bare sand reveals how wind shapes dune surfaces. Learn to read ripples, deposits and sheltered edges…
Read the shapes of beaches, cliffs, dunes and inlets.

Dune grass or bare sand reveals how wind shapes dune surfaces. Learn to read ripples, deposits and sheltered edges…
Its shape, materials, living communities and human uses all leave clues. We follow those clues without pretending every shore works the same way.