Experiments
with sediment gravity currents (turbidity currents and
mudflows).
For several semesters in Sedimentolology and
Stratigraphy we have simulated turbidity currents
and mud flows using simple lock-exchange tanks.
Here
is a photo sequence of a gravity flow with mud sized
grains and some videos for the final experiments we
conducted in the lab during a past semeter. The
video quality is not great, but we had an awesome
time doing this!
Notice
the differences in flow we observed using various
grain size and sediment concentration.