Laboratory sustained turbidity currents form elongate ridges at channel mouths

Sedimentology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 845-868

  Alexander, Jan ^a   McLelland, Stuart J ^b   Gray, Thomas E ^a   Vincent, Chris E ^a   Leeder, Mike R ^a   Ellett, Susanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channel mouth deposits; Depositional ridge; Submarine fans; Turbidity currents

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GRAIN SIZE; SUBMARINE FAN; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY CURRENT; TURBULENCE;

EID: 47649125681     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00923.x     Document Type: Article

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