Fig. 9: Sensitivity of submarine shape to intermittent turbidity current flow.
From: A dimensionless framework for predicting submarine fan morphology
a Simulated submarine fan morphologies from base case continuous flow conditions as a function of unique combinations of FrD and p. b This row shows simulated submarine fans with intermittent flow conditions. The white semicircle defines a distance from the inlet upstream of which half of the sediments in the model domain are stored. The black contour is computed for a mean elevation along the semicircle. Color bars denote thickness [m]. Note that the relative to the base case simulation the absolute difference in measured rugosity ranges from 2% to at most 10%. Simulation domain is 30 × 30 km.
