Channel formation by turbidity currents: Navier-Stokes-based linear stability analysis

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 615, Issue , 2008, Pages 185-210

  Hall, B ^a   Meiburg, E ^a   Kneller, B ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC STREAMING; AERODYNAMICS; EROSION; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITY; VORTEX FLOW;

COUPLED INTERACTION; DEPTH-AVERAGED EQUATIONS; DESTABILIZING EFFECT; INITIAL PERTURBATION; INSTABILITY MECHANISMS; POTENTIAL MECHANISM; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

BASEFLOW; CHANNEL FLOW; ERODIBILITY; GULLY; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; PARTICLE MOTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SHEAR STRESS; STABILITY ANALYSIS; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

EID: 56049104229     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008003467     Document Type: Article

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