Mass transport, gravity flows, and bottom currents : downslope and alongslope processes and deposits /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shanmugam, G. (Ganapathy), 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Elsevier, [2021]
Temas:
Mass-wasting.
Marine sediments.
S�ediments marins.
Marine sediments
Mass-wasting
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Mass Transport, Gravity Flows, and Bottom Currents
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • About the author
  • Professional preparation
  • Employment
  • Research
  • Publications
  • Global workshops on deep-water sandstone petroleum reservoirs
  • Awards, recognitions, and nomination
  • Philanthropy
  • Online resources for his publications
  • Transformation from a local science teacher to a global petroleum geologist
  • Science teacher
  • Motivations by TNM
  • Nature photographer
  • Reference
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Parents, teachers, and benefactors
  • Early research (1965-78)
  • Mobil research on mass transport, gravity flows, and bottom currents (1978-2000)
  • Consultant research (2000-present)
  • Tsunamite research (2004-present)
  • Contourite research (1974-present)
  • Density plumes and hyperpycnite research (2002-present)
  • Sediment deformation and seismite research (1978-present)
  • Academic events (1968-present)
  • Editorial board member (2018-present)
  • Photographs
  • Elsevier
  • Copyrights and permissions
  • Editors and reviewers (1978-2020)
  • Logistics
  • ResearchGate (2014-present)
  • Wife and friend (1975-present)
  • The rocks (1962-present)
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Why this book?
  • 1.2 History
  • 1.3 Universal case studies
  • 1.4 Environments and processes
  • 1.5 Objectives
  • 1.6 Organization
  • 1.7 Other aspects of the book
  • 1.8 Synopsis
  • 2 Mass transport: slides, slumps, and debris flows
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.1.1 Cosmic congruity
  • 2.1.2 Background information
  • 2.2 International projects and symposiums
  • 2.3 Mechanics of sediment failure and sliding
  • 2.4 Soil strength and slope stability
  • 2.5 The role of excess pore-water pressure
  • 2.6 Nomenclature and classification
  • 2.6.1 Landslide versus mass transport
  • 2.6.2 Subaerial processes based on the types of movement and material
  • 2.6.3 Subaqueous processes based on mechanical behavior
  • 2.6.4 Processes based on transport velocity
  • 2.6.5 Excessive synonyms
  • 2.7 Recognition of the three basic types of mass-transport deposits
  • 2.7.1 Process sedimentology
  • 2.8 Slides
  • 2.8.1 Definition
  • 2.8.2 Origin
  • 2.8.3 Identification
  • 2.8.4 Case studies
  • 2.8.5 Facies models
  • 2.8.6 Problems
  • 2.9 Slumps
  • 2.9.1 Definition
  • 2.9.2 Origin
  • 2.9.2.1 Submarine channel deposition
  • 2.9.2.2 Earthquake-induced gravity tectonics
  • 2.9.3 Identification
  • 2.9.4 Case studies
  • 2.9.5 Facies models
  • 2.9.6 Problems
  • 2.10 Debris flows: a prelude
  • 2.11 Long-runout mechanisms
  • 2.11.1 Basic concept
  • 2.11.2 Subaerial environments
  • 2.11.3 Submarine environments
  • 2.11.4 Extraterrestrial environments
  • 2.11.5 H/L ratio problems
  • 2.12 Reservoir characterization
  • 2.13 Synopsis
  • 3 Gravity flows: debris flows, grain flows, liquefied/fluidized flows, turbidity currents, hyperpycnal flows, and contour c ...
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Gravity (i.e., density) flows

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