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Numerical Modeling Of Submarine Minibasin Flow And Morphodynamics, Elena Bastianon
Numerical Modeling Of Submarine Minibasin Flow And Morphodynamics, Elena Bastianon
Theses and Dissertations
Intraslope basins, or minibasins, are important morphological features of the continental slope in both modern and ancient sedimentary systems. Minibasins have an elliptical or spherical shape with a steep inlet or proximal zone followed by an almost horizontal basin floor, and an overflow zone near the downstream basin lip. These basins are filled with sediment transported by successive events of turbidity currents and other types of submarine flows. The work presented here focuses on turbidity current sedimentation in intraslope minibasins, which is often described in terms of the ‘fill-and- spill’ conceptual model. The ‘fill-and-spill’ model has been used previously to …