Submarine Debris Flows and their Devolution to Turbidity Currents on the Continental Slope

Abstract

LONG-TERM GOAL. My long-term goals are to a) develop a mechanistic understanding of submarine debris flows and associated turbidity currents and b) incorporate this understanding into the broader context of the evolution of the morphology of the continental slope. OBJECTIVES. Objectives can be enumerated as follows. Determine the mechanisms of submarine debris flow runout. Characterize the deposits of submarine debris flows. Characterize and describe tendencies for transition to turbidity currents. Develop models for predicting runout and deposition of submarine debris flows. Extract the essentials of submarine debris flow behavior for incorporation into models of continental slope dynamics, morphology and stratigraphy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1999
Accession Number
ADA628902

Entities

People

  • Gary Parker

Organizations

  • University of Minnesota

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Barents Sea
  • Continental Slopes
  • Dynamics
  • Earth Sciences
  • Flow
  • Geography
  • High Latitudes
  • Hydroplaning
  • Information Operations
  • Phyllosilicates
  • Physical Properties
  • Stratigraphy
  • Submarines
  • Teamwork
  • Transitions
  • Turbidity
  • Turbidity Currents

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Riverine Ecology