OS13C:
Turbidity Currents and the Morphology and Stratigraphy They Create Posters


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Session ID#: 51080

Session Description:
Turbidity currents constitute a major mechanism for sculpting the submarine and sublacustrine world. They excavate deep canyons, and can run out over 1000 km on deepwater fans. They create rhythmic topography such as mud waves, cyclic scour holes and meandering channels. Fan channels in particular can have levees over 50 m high. We solicit contributions across a wide spectrum in regard to a) turbidity current dynamics, including plunging, self-acceleration and self-channelization; b) associated morphology including meandering, bedforms, canyons and fans; and c) stratigraphy across the full range of deep-sea architecture. In this session we honor Henry Pantin, who was a major innovator in turbidity current dynamics, particularly in regard to self-acceleration.
Primary Convener:  Gary Parker, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Earth Science and Environmental Change & Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urbana, United States
Conveners:  Jim Best, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Department of Earth Science & Environmental Change, Champaign, United States, Jeffrey Peakall, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2, United Kingdom and Robert Michael Dorrell, University of Hull, HU6 7RX, UK, Energy and Environment Institute, Hull, United Kingdom
Primary Liaison:  Gary Parker, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Earth Science and Environmental Change & Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urbana, United States
Chairs:  Gary Parker, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Earth Science and Environmental Change & Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urbana, United States, Jim Best, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Department of Earth Science & Environmental Change, Champaign, United States, Jeffrey Peakall, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2, United Kingdom and Robert Michael Dorrell, University of Hull, Energy and Environment Institute, Hull, United Kingdom
OSPA Liaison:  Jim Best, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Department of Earth Science & Environmental Change, Champaign, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
Index Terms:

1824 Geomorphology: general [HYDROLOGY]
3002 Continental shelf and slope processes [MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS]
3022 Marine sediments: processes and transport [MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS]
3045 Seafloor morphology, geology, and geophysics [MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Sediment Transport Due to Wave- and Current-Supported Turbidity Currents Over Erodible Bed (370349)
Sahar Haddadian, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States and Celalettin E Ozdemir, Louisiana State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Stratification generated internal-waves determine gravity current dynamics (383303)
Robert Michael Dorrell, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom
Surge propagation in debris flows (352441)
Paul Andrew Allen, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2, United Kingdom, Robert Michael Dorrell, University of Hull, HU6 7RX, UK, Energy and Environment Institute, Hull, United Kingdom, Robert E Thomas, University of Hull, Environmental sciences, Hull, United Kingdom, Oliver G Harlen, University of Leeds, Mathematics, Leeds, United Kingdom and William D McCaffrey, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Improve layer-averaged turbidity current model using density based flow-sediment-bed coupled equation system (432126)
Yi An1, Qingquan Liu2 and Shihao Yang1, (1)Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
Effects of Density Currents on Sediment Concentrations of Water Pumped from the Deze Reservoir (435342)
Ruoyin Zhang and Baosheng Wu, Tsinghua University, State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Beijing, China
Assessing the Character and Run-out Distances of Recent Sediment Density Flow Events from their Deposits in Monterey Submarine Canyon, Offshore California (456588)
Nora Nieminski1, Charles K Paull2, Mary McGann3, Thomas D Lorenson4, Katherine L Maier2, Stephan A Graham5, Roberto Gwiazda6, Krystle Anderson2, Eve M Lundsten2 and Monica Wolfson-Schwehr2, (1)Stanford University, Geological Sciences, Stanford, CA, United States, (2)Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, United States, (4)USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, United States, (5)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, (6)Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, United States
Different Features of Prolonged Deep-sea Turbidity Currents Triggered by Individual typhoon and Earthquake in the Gaoping Submarine Canyon (429720)
Yanwei Zhang, Zhifei Liu, Yulong Zhao and Xiaodong Zhang, Tongji University, State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Shanghai, China
High Resolution Depositional Architecture of Modern Deep-water Sinuous Channel Inner Bend Deposits: A Comprehensive Comparison from Offshore California (460983)
Colin White, Stanford University, Earth Sciences, Stanford, CA, United States, Charles K Paull, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States and Stephan A Graham, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
Experimental Verification of Inverse Analysis of Turbidity Currents from Their Deposits by Machine Learning Technique (459635)
Zhirong Cai1, Hajime Naruse2 and Qifeng Yao1, (1)Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, (2)Kyoto University, Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyoto, Japan
Shape analysis of mud clasts in turbidites and hybrid event beds: application of elliptic Fourier analysis with PCA to sedimentary rocks in the Pleistocene Otadai Formation, Japan (457262)
Sojiro Fukuda, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan and Hajime Naruse, Kyoto University, Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyoto, Japan
Sedimentological evidences on storm-induced density bottom currents on the Sakawa fan-delta slope, Japan (382412)
Ken Ikehara1, Saiko Sugisaki2, Taku Ajioka1 and Hajime Katayama3, (1)Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, Tsukuba, Japan, (2)Marine Geology Research Group, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, Tsukuba, Japan, (3)National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ibaraki, Japan
The dominant control on submarine channel evolution revealed by new high-resolution time-lapse bathymetry (431289)
Maarten Sjaak Heijnen, National Oceanography Centre, Southampon, Southampton, United Kingdom; University of Southampton, Ocean and Earth Sciences, Southampton, United Kingdom, Michael Andrew Clare, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, Matthieu Cartigny, University of Durham, Department of Geography, Durham, United Kingdom, Peter Talling, University of Durham, Earth Sciences and Geography, Durham, United Kingdom, Sophie Hage, Universite Paris-Saclay, Geosciences, Paris, France, Gwyn Lintern, Geological Survey of Canada, Institute of Ocean Science, Sidney, Canada, Cooper Stacey, Natural Resources Canada, Sidney, BC, Canada, Daniel R Parsons, University of Hull, Energy & Environment Institute, Hull, United Kingdom, Justin Dix, University of Southampton, School of Ocean and Earth Science, Southampton, United Kingdom and John Hughes Clarke, University of New Hampshire, Durham, United States
Morphodynamics of Knickpoints Active Turbidity Current Channels (429951)
Matthieu Cartigny1, Maarten Sjaak Heijnen2, John Hughes Clarke3, Cooper Stacey4, Sophie Hage5, Daniel R Parsons6, Peter Talling7, María Azpiroz8,9, Michael Andrew Clare10, Joris T Eggenhuisen11, Jenny A. Gales10,12, Jamie Lee Hizzett10, James Hunt10, Gwyn Lintern13, Stephen Simmons14, Esther J Sumner15, Age Jan Vellinga10 and Daniela Vendettuoli16, (1)University of Durham, Department of Geography, Durham, United Kingdom, (2)National Oceanography Centre, Southampon, Southampton, United Kingdom, (3)University of New Hampshire, Durham, United States, (4)Natural Resources Canada, Sidney, BC, Canada, (5)Universite Paris-Saclay, Geosciences, Paris, France, (6)University of Hull, Energy & Environment Institute, Hull, United Kingdom, (7)University of Durham, Earth Sciences and Geography, Durham, United Kingdom, (8)Universitat de Barcelona, GRC Geociencies Marines, Barcelona, Spain, (9)Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands, (10)National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom, (11)Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands, (12)Plymouth University, Plymouth, United Kingdom, (13)Geological Survey of Canada, Institute of Ocean Science, Sidney, Canada, (14)University of Hull, Hull, HU6, United Kingdom, (15)University of Southampton, Ocean and Earth Science, Southampton, United Kingdom, (16)University of Southampton, & NOC, Southampton, United Kingdom
Knickpoint Migration and Long-term Submarine Channel System Evolution within Bute Inlet, British Columbia, Canada (430723)
Ye Chen1, Daniel R Parsons2, Matthieu Cartigny3, John Hughes Clarke4, Cooper Stacey5, Sophie Hage6, Peter Talling7, María Azpiroz8, Michael Andrew Clare9, Jamie Lee Hizzett9, James Hunt9, Gwyn Lintern10, Esther J Sumner11, Age Jan Vellinga9, Daniela Vendettuoli12, Stephen Simmons13 and Rebecca Williams14, (1)University of Hull, Hull, HU6, United Kingdom, (2)University of Hull, Energy & Environment Institute, Hull, United Kingdom, (3)University of Durham, Department of Geography, Durham, United Kingdom, (4)University of New Hampshire, Durham, United States, (5)Natural Resources Canada, Sidney, BC, Canada, (6)Universite Paris-Saclay, Geosciences, Paris, France, (7)University of Durham, Earth Sciences and Geography, Durham, United Kingdom, (8)National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, (9)National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom, (10)Geological Survey of Canada, Institute of Ocean Science, Sidney, Canada, (11)University of Southampton, Ocean and Earth Science, Southampton, United Kingdom, (12)University of Southampton, & NOC, Southampton, United Kingdom, (13)University of Hull, School of Environmental Sciences, Hull, HU6, United Kingdom, (14)University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

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