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

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Mass transport, gravity flows, and bottom currents/ G. Shanmugam.
Reminder of title:	downslope and alongslope processes and deposits /
Author:	Shanmugam, G.
Published:	Amsterdam :Elsevier, : 2021.,
Description:	1 online resource (xl, 571 p.) :col. ill., maps :
Subject:	Mass-wasting. -
Online resource:	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128225769
ISBN:	9780128225745

Mass transport, gravity flows, and bottom currents = downslope and alongslope processes and deposits /
Shanmugam, G.1944-

Mass transport, gravity flows, and bottom currentsdownslope and alongslope processes and deposits /[electronic resource] :G. Shanmugam. - Amsterdam :Elsevier,2021. - 1 online resource (xl, 571 p.) :col. ill., maps

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

ISBN: 9780128225745Subjects--Topical Terms:

1458998
Mass-wasting.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: QE598.2

Dewey Class. No.: 551.307

Mass transport, gravity flows, and bottom currents = downslope and alongslope processes and deposits /
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505 0 $a 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
505 8 $a 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) -- Densityplumes 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)
505 8 $a 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
505 8 $a 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
505 8 $a 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/fluidizedflows, turbidity currents, hyperpycnal flows, and contour c ... -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Gravity (i.e., density) flows
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