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Chapter 1<br />

Figure 5. Alien (1984). Oblique dunes in fine sand, Wells- next- thesea,<br />

Norfolk. The scale length is 0.5m and flow is top-right to<br />

bottom-left.<br />

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Figure 6. Alien (1984). Correlation between the group mean wavelength<br />

and water depth for dunes in rivers and marine settings. Though the<br />

scatter is large the trend towards bigger dunes in deeper water is clear.

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