Incipient granular mass flows at the base of sediment-laden floods, and the roles of flow competence and flow capacity in the deposition of stratified bouldery sands

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 157-173

  Manville, V ^a   White, J D L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Debris flow; Flow capacity; Flow competence; Granular mass flow; Hyperconcentrated flow; Shields criterion

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITION; FLOOD DEPOSIT; FLOW CONTROL; MASS TRANSPORT; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0037427813     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(02)00294-4     Document Type: Article

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