Bedload transport and bed resistance associated with density and turbidity currents

Sedimentology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1463-1490

  Sequeiros, Octavio E ^a   Spinewine, Benoit ^b   Beaubouef, Rick T ^c   Sun, Tao ^c   Garcia, Marcelo H ^a   Parker, Gary ^d  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b FNRS   (Belgium)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Bedforms; Bedload transport; Density currents; Sediment transport; Subcritical flow; Supercritical flow; Turbidity currents

Indexed keywords

BEDFORMS; BEDLOAD TRANSPORT; DENSITY CURRENTS; SUBCRITICAL FLOW; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW; TURBIDITY CURRENTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DRAG; FLOW SEPARATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITY;

RIVERS;

BEDFORM; BEDLOAD; CRITICAL FLOW; DENSITY CURRENT; DRAG; DUNE; FROUDE NUMBER; GRANULAR MEDIUM; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; OUTCROP; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

MONTEREY CANYON; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77955601895     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2010.01152.x     Document Type: Article

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