A new study suggests that a once-daily atmospheric tidal cycle may be a bigger driver of rapid Venusian winds than previously ...

Tidalites from the Cenomanian Nimar Sandstone, Bagh Group, Central India, are represented by (i) laterally accreted tidal bundles, (ii) herringbone cross-strata, (iii) sigmoidal cross-strata and (iv) ...

New findings suggest that diurnal tides, driven by solar heat, are a major contributor to the extreme speeds of Venus's winds.

Some of the highest diurnal tides in the world–nearly 14 meters (46 feet)–have been recorded in the Sea of Okhotsk. In the Russian Far East, narrow bays funnel and amplify the incoming tides, making ...

Scientists are gaining new insight into the mechanisms that generate huge, steep underwater waves that occur between layers of warm and cold water in coastal regions of the world's oceans. Scientists ...

THE author of this manual is convinced, and not without cause, that the non-harmonic methods of giving and using tidal information at ports not served by complete predictions are obsolete and not ...

We all know that when the draft of our boat exceeds the depth of the water, we are aground. Sometimes, that might have something to do with tides. Indeed, a fundamental knowledge of tides and currents ...

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