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Beach Cusp Formation

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THE STRUCTURING OF MOVING FLUIDS Beach Cusps and Fluid Salients   (The Structuring of Moving Fluids) [2]                                           Michael A. Gorycki, Ph.D.        (Revised June 5, 2018)            (Please ignore the earlier version of this essay posted July 2008)                    ABSTRACT Popular thought proposes that the formation of a beach cusp series results from the operation of one or both of two theories: standing edge wave, and self-organization. As will be discussed here, each presents a problem in its implementation. A third theory, fluid salient formation, offers a simple, problem-free explanation for cusp formation. It is supported by the observations of other workers, demonstrable laboratory mechanisms, and it also provid...