Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

A bedform phase diagram for dense granular currents

  • Gregory Smith,
  • Peter Rowley,
  • Rebecca Williams,
  • Guido Giordano,
  • Matteo Trolese,
  • Aurora Silleni,
  • Daniel R. Parsons,
  • Samuel Capon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16657-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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In this study, Smith and colleagues employ analogue experiments to show the controlling parameters on sediment bedforms in pyroclastic density current deposits. The findings are applied and validated on natural deposits.