Mass Transport, Gravity Flows, and Bottom Currents: Downslope and Alongslope Processes and Deposits

ISBN-13: 9780128225769 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020

G. Shanmugam

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Mass transport: Slides, Slumps, and Debris Flows 3. Gravity Flows: Debris Flows, Grain Flows, Liquefied/Fluidized Flows, and Turbidity Currents, hyperpycnal flows, and contour currents 4. A Paradigm Shift 5. Density plumes: types, deflections, and external controls 6. Hyperpycnal flows 7. Triggering mechanisms of downslope processes 8. Bottom currents 9. Soft-sediment deformation structures 10. Epilogue: lessons learned

Appendix A: Concepts, glossary, and methodology

Appendix B: Video of flume experiments on sandy debris flows

Bibliography

Index