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Category: Experiments

Experiments/Video

Channel extension and avulsion

Posted on March 16, 2016

Nilay Iscen has started running a new set of fan experiments. The time lapse video below highlights channel extension, filling, and avulsion under two different...

Experiments/Video

New set of experiments on the deposition of mud

Posted on January 20, 2016

MS student Christian Mooneyham started running a new set of experiments on the deposition of mud. The experiments will take place over this fall, but during a f...

Experiments/Papers/Video

New Paper: Settling-driven density instabilities

Posted on August 25, 2015

Mohamad’s paper on settling-driven gravitational instabilities at the interface of a freshwater sediment layer and clear saltwater was accepted for public...

Experiments/Papers/Video

New Paper: Supercritical channel and lobe dynamics

Posted on July 24, 2015

Paul’s paper on supercritical channel and lobe mechanics in subaqueous settings was published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface (read more h...

Experiments/Papers/Video

New Paper: Density current measurements paper

Posted on January 1, 2015

Paul’s paper highlighting a technique we’ve developed for measuring small-scale density current hydraulics has been published in the Journal of Hydraulic Engine...

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