Whole flow field dynamics and velocity pulsing within natural sediment-laden underflows

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 765-768

  Best, James L ^a   Kostaschuk, Ray A ^b   Peakall, Jeffrey ^a   Villard, Paul V ^c   Franklin, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Geomorphic Solutions   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic Doppler profilers; Density current; Underflow; Velocity pulsing

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER PROFILERS; DENSITY CURRENT; SEDIMENT-LADEN UNDERFLOWS; VELOCITY PULSING; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DEPOSITION; EROSION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SHEAR STRESS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

FLOW FIELD; FLUID DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; LILLOOET LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26844482928     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21516.1     Document Type: Article

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