Bedform development in mixed sand-mud: The contrasting role of cohesive forces in flow and bed

Geomorphology

Volumn 182, Issue , 2013, Pages 19-32

  Baas, Jaco H ^a   Davies, Alan G ^a   Malarkey, Jonathan ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clay; Cohesion; Flume experiments; Mixed sand mud; Sedimentary bedforms; Winnowing

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; CLAY; COHESION; COHESIVE SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUME EXPERIMENT; MUD; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 84871689911     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.10.025     Document Type: Article

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