Mass Transport, Gravity Flows, and Bottom Currents - Downslope and Alongslope Processes and Deposits (Paperback)

Mass Transport, Gravity Flows, and Bottom Currents: Downslope and Alongslope Processes and Deposits focuses solely on important downslope and alongslope processes. The book provides clear definitions and characteristics based on soil mechanics, fluid mechanics and sediment concentration by volume. It addresses Slides, Slumps, and Debris Flows, Grain Flows, Liquefied/Fluidized Flows, and Turbidity Currents, Density plumes, Hyperpycnal Flows, the Triggering Mechanisms of Downslope Processes, Bottom Currents, and Soft-Sediment Deformation Structures. The mechanics of each process are described in detail and used to provide empirically-driven categories to help recognize these deposits it the rock record. Case studies clearly illustrate of the problems inherent in recognizing these processes in the rock record, and potential solutions are provided alongside future avenues of research. An appendix also provides step-by-step guidance in describing and interpreting sediments.

General

Imprint:	Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	G. Shanmugam
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 37mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	608
ISBN-13:	978-0-12-822576-9
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere > General Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > The hydrosphere > Oceanography (seas) Promotions
LSN:	0-12-822576-9
Barcode:	9780128225769

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