Towards a universal criteria for turbulence suppression in dilute turbidity currents with non-cohesive sediments

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 14, 2012, Pages

  Cantero, Mariano I ^a   Shringarpure, Mrugesh ^b   Balachandar, S ^b  

^a Bariloche Atomic Center Institute Balseiro National Council for Scientific and Technological Research ^*  (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

COMPLETE TURBULENCES; CRITICAL VALUE; FIELD DATA; FLOW DYNAMICS; FLOW TURBULENCE; LOGARITHMIC DEPENDENCE; RE-SUSPENSION; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SETTLING VELOCITY; THREE PARAMETERS; TURBIDITY CURRENT; TURBULENCE SUPPRESSION;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DAMPING; DATA SET; RESUSPENSION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RICHARDSON NUMBER; STRATIFICATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY CURRENT; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84864425199     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052514     Document Type: Article

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