Experiments on self-channelized subaqueous fans emplaced by turbidity currents and dilute mudflows

• Published in: Journal of Sedimentary Research
• Main Authors: Yu, B, Cantelli, A, Marr, J, Pirmez, C, O'Byrne, C, Parker, G
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: British-columbia; Rupert Inlet; Submarine; Model; Flow; Science & Technology; Physical Sciences; Geology; Bering Sea; Rupert
• Online Access: http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/2532; https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2006.069

The passage of turbidity currents over submarine fans often results in intense channelization. The channels are typically bounded by levees, and they vary from mildly to strongly meandering. The process of self-channelization remains, however, somewhat obscure. Preliminary experiments reported here...