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Simulation of Sedimentation and Mixing in Deeply-Submerged Gravity Currents

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Gravity currents form when a heavier fluid intrudes into a body of lighter fluid under the influence of gravitational forces. Particulate gravity currents are a special class of such flows with the difference in density being caused by a differential loading with suspended particles. Typical examples of particulate gravity currents in geophysics are turbidity currents in oceans or lakes, which can lead to substantial erosion and transport of sediment (cf. Kneller&Buckee, 2000) .

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  1. Institute of Fluid Dynamics, ETH Zürich, CH-8092, Zürich, Switzerland

    F. Necker, C. Härtel & L. Kleiser

  2. Dept. Mech. and Env. Engineering, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA

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  1. IWH, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland

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Necker, F., Härtel, C., Kleiser, L., Meiburg, E. (2003). Simulation of Sedimentation and Mixing in Deeply-Submerged Gravity Currents. In: Gyr, A., Kinzelbach, W. (eds) Sedimentation and Sediment Transport. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0347-5_31

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