Turbidity currents and their deposits

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 42, Issue , 2010, Pages 135-156

  Meiburg, Eckart ^a   Kneller, Ben ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erosion and deposition; Initiation mechanism; Linear stability; Seafloor topography; Sediment transport; Theoretical model

Indexed keywords

EROSION AND DEPOSITION; INITIATION MECHANISM; LINEAR STABILITY; SEA FLOOR; SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY; THEORETICAL MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); FLUID MECHANICS; HYDROCARBONS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; TURBIDITY;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; DENSITY CURRENT; DEPOSITION; EROSION; FLOW MODELING; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LEVEE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT WAVE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

EID: 77952358479     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-fluid-121108-145618     Document Type: Review

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