This week's Friday Field Foto isn't technically from "the field" -- never really did any field work, nor was it a field trip. But the beauty of "the field" is that it is everywhere ... so I'm countin' it!
A few weekends ago, my wife and I went up north to get away from regular life for a couple days. On the way up Hwy 1, we stopped to look down at where the Russian River empties into the Pacific Ocean.
I've always had a thing for river mouths -- they are very interesting transition zones in terms of surface processes and sedimentation. In this case, the Russian River has no chance in building a delta that protrudes out into the ocean ... the Pacific Ocean will continue to win that battle for some time.
But, what has formed in this area is a nice beach. We didn't have time to go down to the beach on this trip ... but from the looks of my photo above, I bet this is a great area to check out supercritical flow and maybe some antidunes.
Happy Friday!
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