ANALOGIES BETWEEN RIVER AND TURBIDITY CURRENT MORPHOLOGY

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CEE 598, GEOL 593 TURBIDITY CURRENTS
MORPHODYNAMICS AND DEPOSITS
LECTURE 4 ANALOGIES BETWEEN RIVER AND TURBIDITY
CURRENT MORPHOLOGY
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Image courtesy J. W Lauer
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GULLIES IN THE SUBAERIAL AND SUBMARINE ENVIRONMENT
NEEDS REFERENCE
Monterey Submarine Canyon
http//www.estuarypress.com/group4.html
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CHANNEL NETWORKS Subaerial examples
Drainage networks in north-central California
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SUBAERIAL CHANNEL NETWORK OF THE FLY-STRICKLAND
RIVER SYSTEM, NEW GUINEA
NEEDS REFERENCE
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SUBAERIAL CHANNEL NETWORK OF THE JHED NADI
WATERSHED, INDIA
How dense does a drainage network have to be in
order to "cover" the catchment?
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CHANNEL NETWORKS Submarine examples
Trinidad Submarine Canyon, Northern California.
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SUBMARINE CHANNEL NETWORK JUST SOUTH OF MONTEREY
SUBMARINE CANYON, CALIFORNIA
Courtesy MBARI
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SUBMARINE CHANNEL NETWORKS OF THE NORTHERN GULF
OF MEXICO
NEEDS REFERENCE
From Liu and Bryant
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WHATS THE DIFFERENCE?
NEEDS REFERENCE
Rain in the subaerial environment
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ANOTHER EXAMPLE TIDAL CHANNEL NETWORKS
Coastal South Carolina
Barnstable Salt Marsh, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Image courtesy Tao Sun, Sergio Fagherazzi and
David Furbish
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CHANNEL NETWORK ON MARS
http//rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect19/
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CHANNEL NETWORK ON TITAN
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SUBAERIAL CANYON GRAND CANYON, COLORADO RIVER
NEEDS REFERENCE
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SUBMARINE CANYON MONTEREY CANYON
NEEDS REFERENCE
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SUBAERIAL FAN DOMINATED BY RIVER FLOW (FLUVIAL
FAN)
NEEDS REFERENCE
Kosi Fan, India
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HISTORY OF MIGRATION OF THE KOSI FAN
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NEEDS REFERENCE
THE OKAVANGO FAN, BOTSWANA ANOTHER FLUVIAL FAN
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THE AMAZON SUBMARINE FAN A FAN CREATED BY
TURBIDITY CURRENTS
NEEDS REFERENCE
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THE CONGO SUBMARINE FAN A FAN CREATED BY
TURBIDITY CURRENTS
Vittori et al., 2000
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SUBAERIAL FANS IN DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
CREATED BY DEBRIS FLOWS
NEEDS REFERENCE
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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 DEBRIS FLOWS
NEEDS REFERENCE
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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
NEEDS REFERENCE
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SUBAERIAL ALLUVIAL MEANDERING
Buffalo River, Minnesota
Muddy Creek. Wyoming
NEEDS REFERENCE
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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).
Indus Submarine Fan (Kenyon et al., 1995)
Amazon Submarine Fan (Pirmez, 1995)
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Strickland River, New Guinea
MEANDER BEND CUTOFFS IN RIVERS
NEEDS REFERENCE
Buffalo River, Minnesota
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MEANDERING CHANNEL AND CUTOFFS ON THE GANGES
SUBMARINE FAN
Bengal Fan Schwenk, Spiess,Hubscher, Breitzke
(2003)
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NATURAL LEVEES ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
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NATURAL LEVEES ON THE MIDDLE FLY RIVER, NEW GUINEA
Natural levees
Day et al. 2008
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NATURAL LEVEES ON THE FLY RIVER, NEW GUINEA
Natural levees
Day et al. 2008
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NATURAL LEVEES ON THE FLY RIVER, NEW GUINEA
Day et al. 2008
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LEVEES ON SUBMARINE CHANNELS
Channel on Amazon Submarine Fan Damuth and Flood
(1985)
Toyama Submarine Channel Kubo and Nakajima (2002)
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MORE LEVEES ON SUBMARINE CHANNELS
Submarine meandering channels contain themselves
between levees over 100s 1000s of km and
scores 100s of bends.
Bengal Fan Schwenk, Spiess,Hubscher, Breitzke
(2003)
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CHANNEL MIGRATION AND SCROLL BARS RIVERS
Fly River, Papua New Guinea
NEEDS REFERENCE
Strickland River, Papua New Guinea
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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)
Abreu, Sullivan, Pirmez, Mohrig (2006)
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CONNECTED SUBAERIAL BASINS
Tien Shan, China courtesy C. Stark
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CONNECTED SUBAERIAL BASINS
Tien Shan, China courtesy C. Stark
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CONNECTED SUBMARINE BASINS
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CONNECTED SUBMARINE BASINS
NEEDS REFERENCE
10 km
Niger margin from Prather and Pirmez
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CONNECTED SUBMARINE BASINS
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Niger margin from Prather and Pirmez
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CONNECTED SUBMARINE BASINS
Niger margin from Prather and Pirmez
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REFERENCES NOT DONE The depositional web on the
floodplain of the Fly River, Papua New
Guinea. Geoff Day1, William E. Dietrich2, Joel
C. Rowland2, and Andrew Marshall3 Vittori,
Prather and Pirmez, etc. etc. PirmezDump
GCSSEPM Sikkima, Winker, Vittori, Morris-Normark,
Nelson, Pirmez, Canals, Beaubouef, Brahmi,
Badalini,