Particulate Gravity Currents: Theory, Experiments, and Environmental Applications

Enables readers to understand the properties, behavior, and dynamics of particulate gravity currents

Particulate gravity currents involve the movement of mixtures of particles and fluid under the influence of gravity. Understanding how particles move, mix, stratify, and settle has applications such as hazard mitigation and pollution management. Particulate Gravity Currents: Theory, Experiments, and Environmental Applications presents experimental, numerical, and field studies of particulate gravity currents, offering new insights into their properties, behavior, and dynamics.

This book features:

• Perspectives to different types of particulate gravity currents seen through various disciplines
• Explorations of cohesive and non-cohesive sediment and transport
• Applications of theoretical understanding to real-world subaerial and subaqueous processes
• Studies using the latest techniques, including 3D numerical simulation
• Examples in the natural environment such as snow avalanches and pyroclastic flows
• Information on broader relevance to other types of particulate and non-particulate gravity currents

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