Channel formation by flow stripping: Large-scale scour features along the Monterey East Channel and their relation to sediment waves

Sedimentology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1265-1287

  Fildani, Andrea ^a,d   Normark, William R ^b   Kostic, Svetlana ^c,e   Parker, Gary ^c,e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic steps; Deep water channel formation; Flow stripping; Megascours; Numerical modeling; Sediment waves; Turbidity currents

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; SCOUR; SEDIMENT WAVE; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

EID: 33751187145     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00812.x     Document Type: Article

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