Flow-deposit interaction in submarine lobes: Insights from outcrop observations and realizations of a process-based numerical model

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 80, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 252-267

  Groenenberg, Remco M ^a   Hodgson, David M ^b   Prélat, Amandine ^b   Luthi, Stefan M ^a   Flint, Stephen S ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; DEPOSITS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GEOMETRY; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINES; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBIDITY;

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; INPUT PARAMETER; ITERATIVE REFINEMENT; OUTCROP GEOLOGY; PROCESS MODELING; SEDIMENT GRAVITY FLOW; STACKING PATTERNS; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEPOSITION; GRAVITY FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTCROP; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE FAN; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA;

TANQUA;

EID: 77952616508     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2010.028     Document Type: Article

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