Sediment eddy diffusivity in meandering turbulent jets: Implications for levee formation at river mouths

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1908-1920

  Mariotti, G ^a   Falcini, F ^b,c   Geleynse, N ^c   Guala, M ^c   Sun, T ^d   Fagherazzi, S ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDY; JET; LEVEE; MEANDER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 84887835834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrf.20134     Document Type: Article

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