Movie:Plume deposition
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Simulated river plume
Key Attributes
| Domain: | coastal |
| Keywords: | River plume |
| Model name: | Plume, SedFlux |
| Name: | Eric, Hutton |
| Where: | -- |
| When: | -- |
Short Description
Grade level: Graduate / Professional
Statement: River plume into the ocean
Abstract: Standard river plume formation without the effects of coastal processes. The the color scale shows the separation of different grain sizes where larger, heavier particles settle out first, and spread on the sea floor.
Theory
Heavier sediment settles first resulting in highly stratified delta formation.
