Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Mar 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006georl..3306614d&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 33, Issue 6, CiteID L06614
Statistics
Computation
3
Computational Geophysics: Numerical Solutions (4255), Hydrology: Debris Flow And Landslides, Oceanography: Physical: Sediment Transport (1862), Oceanography: General: Numerical Modeling (0545, 0560)
Scientific paper
Outrunner blocks are nearly intact pieces of debris that detach from a slowing-down submarine landslide and flow ahead of the front. Data gathered from different sliding areas highlight some properties of outrunner blocks and in particular their inordinate mobility reflected in runouts of up to 25 kilometres, even on very gentle slopes. Blocks may produce an erosion glide track on the sea floor few centimetres to several metres deep, which in some cases exhibits regularly spaced grooves along the flow direction. Understanding the dynamics of outrunner blocks may shed light on the flow and lubrication of submarine landslides. We develop a simple hydrodynamic model of a rigid block interacting with ambient water and subject to lubrication with the sea floor, and calculate numerically the equation of motion for the block. We find that as a consequence of lift forces and water lubrication, the block may reach long runouts, in agreement with data. When the block is moving at high speed, we find an oscillating solution to the equations of motion which could explain the creation of dashed grooves.
de Blasio Fabio Vittorio
Elverhøi Anders
Engvik Lars Enok
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