The dynamics of turbulent, transitional and laminar clay-laden flow over a fixed current ripple

Sedimentology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 635-666

  Baas, Jaco H ^a,b   Best, James L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Clay suspensions; Current ripples; Flume; Kaolinite; Turbulence modulation; Ultrasonic Doppler velocity profiling

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLAY; COHESIONLESS SEDIMENT; KAOLINITE; LAMINAR FLOW; SHEAR ZONE; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 43549099275     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00916.x     Document Type: Article

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