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| Title: | River deltas as self-organized morphodynamic systems |
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| Seminar: | Seminar on Mathematics in the Bio and Geo Sciences |
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| Speaker: | Rudy Slingerland, Dept of Geosciences, Penn State |
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| Abstract: |
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| Morphodynamic systems in the geosciences consist of two-phase mixtures of water and sediment particles carried by a free surface flow, and bounded by a granular medium. The boundary between the flowing mixture and the granular medium moves as a result of a continuous exchange of sediment particles. Feedbacks between the mixture and the medium produce a given system dynamics. The general problem of morphodynamics is to determine the motion of the boundary for some given initial conditions. In this talk I will try to demonstrate that river-dominated deltas are self-organized morphodynamic systems whose complexity arises from a few simple physical processes repeatedly applied. I will present the main processes and feedback loops that determine a delta’s dynamic equilibrium states, as derived from a combination of field observations and physical and numerical modeling. |
Room Reservation Information
| Room Number: | MB106 |
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| Date: | 03 / 14 / 2012 |
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| Time: | 01:00pm - 02:00pm |
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