Sediment Transport by Mud Flows and Turbidity Currents in Continental Margins

Abstract

The long-term scientific goal is to develop sound theoretical models for submarine sediment movement that can be used to predict both the initiation, spatial development, and time duration of mud flows and turbidity currents, as well as the characteristics of the sedimentary deposits that these flows generate in continental shelves and slopes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1997
Accession Number
ADA628214

Entities

People

  • Marcelo H. García

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Engineering
  • Computational Science
  • Continental Shelves
  • Continental Slopes
  • Engineering
  • Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Mechanics
  • Models
  • Particle Size
  • Predictive Modeling
  • Sedimentation
  • Sediments
  • Three Dimensional
  • Transport Ships
  • Turbidity
  • Turbidity Currents

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography