Conditions under which a supercritical turbidity current traverses an abrupt transition to vanishing bed slope without a hydraulic jump

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 586, Issue , 2007, Pages 119-145

  Kostic, Svetlana ^a   Parker, Gary ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FLOW VELOCITY; SEDIMENTS; STEADY FLOW; TURBIDITY;

CANYON-FAN BREAK; SEDIMENT DEPOSIITON; SEDIMENT EROSION; SUBCRITICAL FLOW; SUPERCRITICAL TURBIDITY CURRENT; TRANQUIL TURBIDITY;

HYDRAULIC JUMP;

EROSION; FLOW VELOCITY; HYDRAULIC JUMP; SEDIMENTS; STEADY FLOW; TURBIDITY;

DEPOSITION; EROSION; FLUID MECHANICS; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBMARINE SLOPE; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

EID: 37749034577     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112007006738     Document Type: Article

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