Cyclic steps: A phenomenon of supercritical shallow flow from the high mountains to the bottom of the ocean

Journal of Hydro-Environment Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 167-172

  Kostic, Svetlana ^a   Sequeiros, Octavio ^b   Spinewine, Benoit ^c   Parker, Gary ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bedforms; Cyclic steps; Hydraulic jump; Supercritical flow

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL STREAMS; BEDFORMS; COHESIVE SEDIMENTS; CYCLIC STEPS; ERODIBLE BEDS; HIGH MOUNTAINS; RECENT PROGRESS; SEA FLOOR; SHALLOW FLOW; SUPER-CRITICAL; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW; TURBIDITY CURRENT; WAVE FEATURES;

FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULIC JUMP; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBIDITY;

OPEN CHANNEL FLOW;

BEDFORM; FLUID DYNAMICS; FROUDE NUMBER; HYDRAULICS; MODELING; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW;

EID: 77949299500     PISSN: 15706443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jher.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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