Entrainment of bed material by Earth-surface mass flows: Review and reformulation of depth-integrated theory

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 27-58

  Iverson, Richard M ^a   Ouyang, Chaojun ^b  

^a CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; EROSION; MASS TRANSFER; MIXTURES;

COMPRESSIBLE GAS; COMPRESSIBLE MATERIAL; MODEL DISCREPANCIES; MOMENTUM CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; MOMENTUM EQUATION; MOMENTUM EXCHANGE; RANKINE-HUGONIOT CONDITION; TWO-LAYER SYSTEMS;

MOMENTUM;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BEDLOAD; DEPOSITION; ENTRAINMENT; EROSION RATE; MASS MOVEMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOMENTUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

EID: 85027933123     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: 19449208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013RG000447     Document Type: Review

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