Small-scale spatial variability in turbidity-current flow controlled by roughness resulting from substrate erosion: Field evidence for a feedback mechanism

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-136

  Eggenhuisen, Joris T ^a   McCaffrey, William D ^a   Haughton, Peter D W ^b   Butler, Robert W H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FEEDBACK CONTROL; OCEAN CURRENTS; SCOUR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; FLOW DIRECTION; MACIGNO FORMATIONS; NORTHERN ITALY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SUBSTRATE INTERACTION; TURBIDITY CURRENT; TURBULENT VELOCITY;

TURBIDITY;

EROSION; ROUGHNESS; SCOUR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY CURRENT; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

FRANCE; ITALY;

EID: 77649159778     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2010.014     Document Type: Article

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