Simulating the 1999 Capbreton canyon turbidity current with a Cellular Automata model

Geomorphology

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 516-537

  Salles, T ^a   Mulder, T ^b   Gaudin, M ^b   Cacas, M C ^c   Lopez, S ^c   Cirac, P ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Capbreton canyon; Cellular Automata; Deposits composition and architecture; Turbidity current modeling

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR AUTOMATON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITION; EROSION; GRAIN SIZE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUBMARINE CANYON; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

EID: 42649095174     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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