The structure and fluid mechanics of turbidity currents: A review of some recent studies and their geological implications

Sedimentology

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages 62-94

  Kneller, Ben ^a   Buckee, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Froude number; Gravity current; Hyperpycnal; Richardson number; Stratification; Topography; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

FLUID MECHANICS; STRATIFICATION; TURBIDITY CURRENT; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0034022812     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2000.047s1062.x     Document Type: Review

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