Morphodynamics of submarine channel inception revealed by new experimental approach

Autor: Jan de Leeuw, Joris T. Eggenhuisen, Matthieu J. B. Cartigny
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10886
Popis: Suspended sediment currents travel through channels on the ocean floor to deliver enormous volumes of sediment to the deep ocean. Here, using a new approach for scaled laboratory experiments, the authors show how feedback between these currents and their deposits drive the formation of these submarine channels.
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