Vertical structure of continuous release saline and turbidity currents

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Islam, M Ashraful ^a,b   Imran, Jasim ^a  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

^b AECOM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBIDITY; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY;

DENSITY CURRENTS; DOPPLER VELOCITY; FLOW REGIONS; FRACTIONAL DENSITY; GRAVITY CURRENTS; MAXIMUM VELOCITY; MEAN VELOCITIES; REYNOLDS; REYNOLDS STRESS; TURBIDITY CURRENT; TURBULENCE STRUCTURES; TURBULENCE ZONES; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; UNDERFLOWS; VERTICAL PROFILE; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

SHEAR FLOW;

ACOUSTIC METHOD; SALINIZATION; TURBIDITY CURRENT; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 77956297485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005365     Document Type: Article

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