Geophysical granular and particle-laden flows
Subtitle: papers of a theme issue
By: organized and edited by Kolumban Hutter and Shiva P. Pudasaini.
Contributors: Hutter, Kolumban.; Pudasaini, Shiva P.
Series: Philosophical transactions -- v. 363, no. 1832.
Publisher: The Royal Society
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1700
Subjects: Granular materials -- Fluid dynamics.; Particles.
First sentence: The present issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A contains  professional articles by specialists on their most recent and most advanced activities on geophysical granular and particle-laden flows.
Description: An introduction is given to the title theme, in general, and the specific topics treated in detail in the articles of this theme issue of the Philosophical Transactions. They fit into the following broader subjects: (i) dense, dry and wet granular flows as avalanche and debris flow events, (ii) air-borne particle-laden turbulent flows in air over a granular base as exemplified in gravity currents, aeolian transport of sand, dust and snow and (iii) transport of a granular mass on a two-dimensional surface in ripple formations of estuaries and rivers and the motion of sea ice.
Notes: Cover title.

Includes bibliographical references.
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