The orientation of helical flow in curved channels

Sedimentology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 249-257

  Corney, Ransome K T ^a   Peakall, Jeffrey ^a   Parsons, Daniel R ^a   Elliott, Lionel ^a   Amos, Kathryn J ^a,b   Best, James L ^a   Keevil, Gareth M ^a   Ingham, Derek B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bends; Flow; Helical flow; Submarine channel

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 33644804322     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00771.x     Document Type: Article

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