Sediments in bottom-arrested gravity plumes: Numerical case studies

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2250-2274

  Fohrmann, Hermann ^a   Backhaus, Jan O ^b   Blaume, Frank ^c   Rumohr, Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GRAVITY FLOW; MODELING; PLUME; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

BARENTS SEA;

EID: 0032988811     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<2250:SIBAGP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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