A series of laboratory experiments has been conducted in order to elucidate the sediment‐
induced mixing processes accompanying riverine outflows; specifically, the discharge of a …

Rivers (on land) and turbidity currents (in the ocean) are the most important sediment
transport processes on Earth. Yet how rivers generate turbidity currents as they enter the …

We develop descriptions of the key processes influencing tephra dispersal from strong
volcanic plumes. These are characterized by the development of a subvertical eruption …

Four mechanisms caused tephra fallout at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, during the
1995–1999 period: explosive activity (mainly of Vulcanian type), dome collapses, ash …

AAPG Datapages/Archives: Flood Deposits in Continental and Marine Environments: Character
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When a layer of particle-laden fresh water is placed above clear, saline water, both double-
diffusive and Rayleigh–Taylor instabilities may arise. The present investigation extends the …

Volcanic ash is a significant hazard for areas close to volcanoes and for aviation.
Gravitational instabilities forming at the bottom of spreading volcanic clouds have been …

Intense turbidity currents occur in the Malaylay Submarine Canyon off the northern coast of
Mindoro Island in the Philippines. They start in very shallow waters at the shelf break and …

Convection driven by sediment particles may play an important role in sedimentation from
the base of buoyant (hypopycnal) plumes, for example, fluvial plumes in stratified estuaries …

We present a two‐dimensional model for sedimentation of well‐mixed weak plumes,
accounting for lateral spreading of the cloud, downwind advection, increase of volumetric …