Fig. 5: Comparison of a simulated supercritical fan to the modern Squamish fan, offshore British Colombia.
From: A dimensionless framework for predicting submarine fan morphology
a Bathymetry map of the modern Squamish fan53. b Deposit thickness (m). c Velocity field on the active fan surface. d FrD state on the active fan surface. e Grain sizes on the active fan surface. The supercritical fan simulation (b–e) shows characteristic cyclic bedforms (a) formed due to hydraulic jumps, a single active and low-sinuosity channel (c), and sand rich deposit (e) that resembles a high slope modern fan53 (a). For the evolution of this modeled supercritical submarine fan see Supplementary Movie 3.
