Mass Transport, Gravity Flows, and Bottom Currents
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Mass Transport, Gravity Flows, and Bottom Currents

Downslope and Alongslope Processes and Deposits

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Mass Transport, Gravity Flows, and Bottom Currents

Downslope and Alongslope Processes and Deposits

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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.

  • Comprehensively addresses modern downslope and alongslope processes, including definitions and mechanisms
  • Provides key criteria for the recognition of depositional facies in the rock record
  • Includes case studies to illustrate each downslope and alongslope process
  • Identifies key problems and potential solutions for future research
  • Uses pragmatic, empirical, data-driven interpretations to revise conventional facies models

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Publisher
Elsevier
Year
2020
ISBN
9780128225745
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Geology & Earth Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. About the author
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Chapter 1. Introduction
  10. Chapter 2. Mass transport: slides, slumps, and debris flows
  11. Chapter 3. Gravity flows: debris flows, grain flows, liquefied/fluidized flows, turbidity currents, hyperpycnal flows, and contour currents
  12. Chapter 4. A paradigm shift
  13. Chapter 5. Density plumes: types, deflections, and external controls
  14. Chapter 6. Hyperpycnal flows
  15. Chapter 7. Triggering mechanisms of downslope processes
  16. Chapter 8. Bottom currents
  17. Chapter 9. Soft-sediment deformation structures
  18. Chapter 10. Epilogue: lessons learned
  19. Appendix A. Concepts, glossary, and methodology
  20. Appendix B. Video of flume experiments on Sandy debris flows
  21. Bibliography
  22. Author Index
  23. Subject Index