Bed shear stresses remain largest near the coast throughout the storm. Click on the image to see an animation. Large ripples are predicted at the coast in the southern MAB during the earlypart of the storm, but are located offshore in the north as storm strength increases. Click on the image to see an animation. A second bed on outer shelf.
Beds are along depth contours.
The beds are parallel to depth contours. Thus, the predicted distribution of ripples can give insight into spatial patterns observed in ancient shelf sequences. Large ripples during the storm are limited to the outer shelf. The eye passed over the LA shelf in less than 24 hours. The model grid has a resolution of 5 km, and a time step of 1 hr is used.