Hage, Sophie (author), Cartigny, Matthieu J.B. (author), Sumner, Esther J. (author), Clare, Michael A. (author), Hughes Clarke, John E. (author), Talling, Peter J. (author), Lintern, D. Gwyn (author), Simmons, Stephen M. (author), Azpiroz Zabala, M. (author) Rivers (on land) and turbidity currents (in the ocean) are the most important sediment transport processes on Earth. Yet how rivers generate turbidity currents as they enter the coastal ocean remains poorly understood. The current paradigm, based on laboratory experiments, is that turbidity currents are triggered when river plumes exceed a...
journal article 2019
