EP13C:
Sinuous Channels in Subaerial and Submarine Environments: Comparing Flow, Form, and Fill Posters

Monday, 15 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Chairs:  Zane R Jobe1, Zoltan Sylvester1 and Jacob A Covault2, (1)Shell, Houston, TX, United States(2)Chevron Corporation Houston, Energy Technology Company, Houston, TX, United States
Primary Conveners:  Zane R Jobe, Shell, Houston, TX, United States
Co-conveners:  Jacob A Covault, Chevron Corporation Houston, Energy Technology Company, Houston, TX, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Nick C Howes, Shell, Houston, TX, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

3529
 
Predicting Facies Patterns within Fluvial Channel Belts
Brian J Willis, Richard Sech, Tao Sun and Michael Pyrcz, Chevron Energy Technology Company, Houston, TX, United States
3530
 
Driven around the bend: Spatial evolution and controls on the orientation of helical bend flow in a natural submarine gravity current
Esther Sumner1, Jeffrey Peakall2, Robert Michael Dorrell2, Daniel R Parsons3, Stephen E Darby4 and Russell B. Wynn5, (1)Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Watsonville, CA, United States, (2)University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, (3)University of Hull, Hull, HU6, United Kingdom, (4)University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, (5)National Oceanography Center, Soton, Southampton, United Kingdom
3531
 
Comparison of Subaerial and Submarine Mixing and Sediment Transport in Sinuous Channel Bends Using Turbulence-Resolving Numerical Models
Mark Walter Schmeeckle, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
3532
 
Evolution of Submarine Gullies on a Prograding Slope: Insights from 3D Seismic Reflection Data
Lauren Shumaker, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States and Zane R Jobe, Shell, Houston, TX, United States
3533
 
Multi-phase submarine channel-fill history recorded by stratigraphic architectures in outcropping slope-channel deposits, Tres Pasos Formation, southern Chile
Neal Auchter1, Brian Romans1, Stephen Michial Hubbard2, Benjamin G Daniels2, Aaron P Reimchen2, Allison A Jackson3 and Lisa Stright3, (1)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (2)University of Calgary, Department of Geoscience, Calgary, AB, Canada, (3)University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
3534
 
Delivery of Terrigenous Material to Submarine Fans: Biological Evidence of Local, Staged, and Possibly Full Canyon Sediment Transport Down the Ascension-Monterey Canyon System Off Central California, USA
Mary McGann, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States
3535
 
Turbulent Mixing and Flow Resistance over Dunes and Scours
Armin Arfaie1, Alan D Burns2, Robert Michael Dorrell2, Joris T Eggenhuisen3, Derek B Ingham2 and William D McCaffrey2, (1)University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2, United Kingdom, (2)University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, (3)Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
3536
 
Dynamics of an Array of Hydraulic Jumps in an Active Submarine Channel
Jeffrey Peakall1, Robert Michael Dorrell1, Esther J Sumner2, Daniel R Parsons3, Stephen E Darby4, Russell B. Wynn5, Emin Ozsoy6 and Devrim Tezcan6, (1)University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2, United Kingdom, (2)Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States, (3)University of Hull, Hull, HU6, United Kingdom, (4)University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, (5)National Oceanography Center, Soton, Southampton, United Kingdom, (6)Middle Eastern Technical University, Institute of Marine Sciences, Erdemli, Turkey
3537
 
Seismic features and evolution of a late Miocene submarine channel system in the Yinggehai basin, northwestern South China Sea
Hui Sun1, Tao Jiang1, Zhenfeng Wang2 and Yingzhao Zhang2, (1)Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China, (2)China National offshore oil Zhanjiang Ltd. Corporation, Zhanjiang, China
3538
 
Experimental investigation of Mars meandering rivers: Chemical precipitation process
Wonsuck Kim1, Ye Jin Lim1, Joey Cleveland1, Ellen Reid2 and Calyn Jew1, (1)University of Texas, Austin, TX, United States, (2)Apache Corporation, Houston, TX, United States
3539
 
New observations of sinuous channels on the Amazon Fan
Roger D Flood, Stony Brook Univ, Marine Sciences Research Center, Stony Brook, NY, United States
3540
 
Unidirectionally migrating deep-water channels: Architectural styles and flow processes
Chenglin Gong1, Ronald J Steel1, Yingmin Wang2 and Qiang Xu3, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX, United States, (2)State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting (China University of Petroleum, Beijing), Beijing, China, (3)CNOOC Research Center, Beijing, China
3541
 
Comparison of different secondary flow correction methods for depth-average flow calculations in bends
Cui cui Qin, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
 
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