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LECTURE 4
ANALOGIES BETWEEN RIVER AND TURBIDITY
CURRENT MORPHOLOGY
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SUBAERIAL
CHANNEL
NETWORK OF
THE FLY-
STRICKLAND
NEEDS REFERENCE RIVER SYSTEM,
NEW GUINEA
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SUBAERIAL
CHANNEL
NETWORK OF
THE JHED NADI
WATERSHED,
INDIA
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CHANNEL NETWORKS:
Submarine examples
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SUBMARINE CHANNEL
NETWORK JUST SOUTH
OF MONTEREY
SUBMARINE CANYON,
CALIFORNIA
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Courtesy MBARI
SUBMARINE CHANNEL NETWORKS OF THE
NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO
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From Liu and Bryant
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
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ANOTHER EXAMPLE: TIDAL CHANNEL NETWORKS
Coastal South
Carolina
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http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect19/
CHANNEL NETWORK ON TITAN
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SUBAERIAL CANYON: GRAND CANYON, COLORADO
RIVER
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SUBMARINE CANYON: MONTEREY CANYON
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SUBAERIAL FAN
DOMINATED BY RIVER
FLOW (FLUVIAL FAN)
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Kosi Fan, India
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HISTORY OF
MIGRATION OF
THE KOSI FAN
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THE CONGO SUBMARINE FAN: A FAN CREATED BY
TURBIDITY CURRENTS
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Vittori et al., 2000
SUBAERIAL FANS IN
DEATH VALLEY,
CALIFORNIA
CREATED BY DEBRIS
FLOWS
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SUBAERIAL HARVEY
CREEK FAN, NEW
GUINEA, CREATED BY
DEBRIS FLOWS
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BEAR ISLAND TROUGH
MOUTH SUBMARINE
FAN. CREATED BY
SUBMARINE DEBRISNEEDS REFERENCE
FLOWS
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EXPERIMENTS ON
STACKED
SUBAQUEOUS DEBRIS
FLOWS, SAFL NEEDS REFERENCE
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SUBAERIAL INCISED MEANDERING
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SUBMARINE INCISED MEANDERING
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SUBAERIAL ALLUVIAL MEANDERING
Buffalo River,
Minnesota
Muddy Creek.
Wyoming
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SUBAERIAL ALLUVIAL MEANDERING:
FLY RIVER, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
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MEANDERING CHANNELS ON SUBMARINE FANS
Mississippi
Submarine Fan
(Weimer, 1991).
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Strickland River, New Guinea
MEANDER BEND
CUTOFFS IN RIVERS
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MEANDERING CHANNEL AND CUTOFFS ON THE
GANGES SUBMARINE FAN
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NATURAL
LEVEES ON
THE MIDDLE
FLY RIVER,
NEW GUINEA
Natural
levees
Middle Fly
Above Manda
levees
2
0
-2
-4
-6
-8
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450
Distance (m)
Channel on Amazon
Submarine Fan
Damuth and Flood (1985)
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MORE LEVEES ON SUBMARINE CHANNELS
Strickland River,
Papua New Guinea 37
CHANNEL MIGRATION AND SCROLL BARS: SUBMARINE
CHANNEL
An increasing body of
evidence suggests that
submarine meandering
channels do most of the
things that meandering
rivers do (but in different
degrees)
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Abreu, Sullivan, Pirmez, Mohrig (2006)
CONNECTED SUBAERIAL BASINS
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CONNECTED SUBMARINE BASINS
X channel
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10 km
N
Niger margin: from Prather and Pirmez 42
CONNECTED SUBMARINE BASINS
Downlap trends
N
Niger margin: from Prather and Pirmez 43
CONNECTED SUBMARINE BASINS
<6m
~150 m
N
Niger margin: from Prather and Pirmez 44
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