Transport mechanisms of sand in deep-marine environments-insights based on laboratory experiments

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 80, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 975-990

  Breien, Hedda ^a,b,c   De Blasio, Fabio V ^a,b   Elverhøi, Anders ^a,b   Nystuen, Johan P ^a   Harbitz, Carl B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b International Centre for Geohazards   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; FLUIDIZATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

FLUIDIZED REGIONS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; SEDIMENT GRAVITY FLOW; SUBMARINE ENVIRONMENT; TRANSPORT MECHANISM; TURBIDITY CURRENT; TURBULENT SUSPENSION;

SAND;

DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; EOCENE; FLUME EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBULENT FLOW; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

AINSA BASIN; ARAGON; HUESCA [ARAGON]; JACA BASIN; PYRENEES; SPAIN;

EID: 78650401992     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2010.079     Document Type: Article

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