Experiments on bidisperse, constant-volume gravity currents: Propagation and sediment deposition

Sedimentology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 833-843

  Gladstone, C ^a   Phillips, J C ^a   Sparks, R S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY FLOW; LABORATORY METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

EID: 0032465135     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1998.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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