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Hyperpycnal plume formation from riverine outflows with small sediment concentrations

Parsons, Jeffrey D., Bush, John W. M., Syvitski, James P. M.·2001·Sedimentology
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2001.00384.x
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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 warm, fresh, particle‐laden fluid over a relatively dense, cool brine. In a parameter regime analogous to recently acquired field measurements, hypopycnal (surface) plumes were subject to a convective instability driven by some combination of heat diffusing out of the warm, fresh, sediment‐laden plume and particle settling within it. Convection was robust in the presence or absence of intense turbulence, at sediment concentrations as low as 1 kg m−3, and took the form of millimetre‐scale, sediment‐laden fingers descending from the base of the surface plume. A consequence of the convective instability of the original hypopycnal plume is the generation of a hyperpycnal (bottom‐riding) flow. The experiments presented here indicate that natural river outflows may thus generate hyperpycnal plumes when sediment concentrations are 40 times less than those required to render the outflow heavy relative to the oceanic ambient. The resulting hyperpycnal plumes may play an important role in transporting substantial quantities of sediment to the continental slope and beyond.

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Authors
Parsons, J. D., Bush, J. W. M., & Syvitski, J. P. M.
Venue
Sedimentology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2001-04-06
Volume
48
Issue
2
Pages
465-478
ISSN
  • 0037-0746 (ISSN-L)
  • 1365-3091
DOI
10.1046/j.1365-3091.2001.00384.x
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321
References
21
FWCI
13.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Parsons, J. D., Bush, J. W. M., & Syvitski, J. P. M. (2001). Hyperpycnal plume formation from riverine outflows with small sediment concentrations. Sedimentology. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3091.2001.00384.x

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