DYNAMICS OF TURBIDITY CURRENT WITH REVERSING BUOYANCY

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 230-236

  Hurzeler, B E ^a   Imberger, J ^a   Ivey, G N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TURBIDITY; BUOYANCY; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; GRAVITATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

'CURRENT; AMBIENT DENSITY; AMBIENT FLUIDS; BULK DENSITY; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FREE SURFACES; INFLOW RATE; INTERSTITIAL FLUIDS; LIFT OFFS; TURBIDITY CURRENT; HORIZONTAL FLUME; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; SURFACE OVERFLOW; TURBIDITY CURRENTS;

BUOYANCY; OCEAN CURRENTS;

EID: 0030150073     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(1996)122:5(230)     Document Type: Article

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