Quantifying the influence of channel sinuosity on the depositional mechanics of channelized turbidity currents: A laboratory study

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 744-760

  Straub, Kyle M ^a   Mohrig, David ^b   Buttles, James ^b   McElroy, Brandon ^b   Pirmez, Carlos ^c  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Run out; Sinuous channels; Submarine channels; Turbidite; Turbidity current

Indexed keywords

RUN-OUT; SINUOUS CHANNELS; SUBMARINE CHANNELS; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; MECHANICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITY;

EXPERIMENTS;

DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; KINETIC ENERGY; LABORATORY METHOD; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SEDIMENTATION; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY CURRENT; VERTICAL MIXING;

EID: 79551603629     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.05.014     Document Type: Article

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