High-resolution numerical modeling of wave-supported gravity-driven mudflows

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Hsu, Tian Jian ^a   Ozdemir, Celalettin E ^b   Traykovski, Peter A ^c  

^a University of Delaware   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; DRAG; DRAG COEFFICIENT; LANDSLIDES; OCEAN CURRENTS; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; RHEOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BULK RICHARDSON NUMBER; COASTAL OCEAN; DOWNSLOPE; ERODIBILITY; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FINE SEDIMENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; MODEL RESULTS; MODERATE CONCENTRATION; MUD TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PARAMETERIZATIONS; POWER LAW; PRODELTA; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; TERRESTRIAL SEDIMENTS; TRANSPORT MECHANISM; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WAVE BOUNDARY LAYER; WAVE INTENSITIES;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; DRAG COEFFICIENT; ERODIBILITY; GRAVITY; MUDFLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POWER LAW; RHEOLOGY; RICHARDS EQUATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PO DELTA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO;

EID: 68749096181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005006     Document Type: Article

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