Non-hydrostatic modeling of cohesive sediment transport associated with a subglacial buoyant jet in glacial fjords: A process-oriented approach

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 30-39

  Salcedo Castro, Julio ^a   Bourgault, Daniel ^b   Bentley, Samuel J ^c   deYoung, Brad ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES   (Chile)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Convective sedimentation; Fjord; Flocculation; Glacier; Non hydrostatic model; Plume; Sediment dynamics

Indexed keywords

BUOYANT JETS; BUOYANT PLUME; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; COHESIVE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; ESTUARINE CIRCULATION; FAR FIELD; FJORD; FRESHWATER DISCHARGE; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; NEAR FIELDS; NONHYDROSTATIC MODEL; PLUME; PROCESS-ORIENTED APPROACHES; SEDIMENT DYNAMIC; SURFACE GRAVITY; SURFACE LAYERS; VERTICAL VELOCITY; WATER COLUMNS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOCCULATION; GLACIERS; GRAVITATION; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRAULICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BUOYANCY;

BUOYANCY; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FJORD; FLOCCULATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; JET FLOW; MODELING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 84873854943     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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