Three-dimensional numerical simulation of turbidity currents in a submarine channel on the seafloor of the Niger Delta slope

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Abd El Gawad, S ^a,b   Cantelli, A ^b   Pirmez, C ^c   Minisini, D ^b   Sylvester, Z ^b   Imran, J ^a  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

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

^c Shell Nigeria Exploration and Petroleum Company   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BATHYMETRIC DATA; BED SEDIMENTS; COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DISCRETE VALUES; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; FIELD SCALE; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; INFLOW CONDITIONS; LATERAL FLOW; NIGER DELTA; PISTON CORES; RESERVOIR ARCHITECTURE; REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; SEA FLOOR; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; SUBMARINE ENVIRONMENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; TURBIDITY CURRENT; TURBULENCE CLOSURE MODELS; TWO-EQUATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BATHYMETRY; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GRAIN SIZE; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; RESERVOIR; SEAFLOOR; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBIDITY CURRENT; TURBULENCE;

NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA;

EID: 84861450288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007538     Document Type: Article

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