Slope control on submarine channel widths

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 78, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 317-322

  Waltham, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBMARINES;

CHANNEL SLOPE; CHANNEL WIDTHS; FLOW REGIMES; MOMENTUM CONSERVATIONS; NEAR-CRITICAL FLOW; SLOPE CONTROL; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

FROUDE NUMBER;

CANYON; CHANNELIZATION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; FROUDE NUMBER; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 45249114662     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2008.036     Document Type: Article

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