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James Buttles
Researcher at University of Texas at Austin
Publications - 11
Citations - 438
James Buttles is an academic researcher from University of Texas at Austin. The author has contributed to research in topics: Turbidity current & Overbank. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 11 publications receiving 382 citations. Previous affiliations of James Buttles include Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Interactions between turbidity currents and topography in aggrading sinuous submarine channels: A laboratory study
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present results from a laboratory experiment documenting the evolution of a sinuous channel form via sedimentation from 24 turbidity currents having constant initial conditions, including a sinuosity of 1.32, a wavelength of 1,95, an amplitude of 0.39 m and three bends.
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The Mechanics of Marine Sediment Gravity Flows
Jeffrey D. Parsons,Carl T. Friedrichs,Peter Traykovski,David Mohrig,Jasim Imran,James P. M. Syvitski,Gary Parker,Pere Puig,James Buttles,Marcelo H. Garcia +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the genesis of sediment gravity flows is studied, and integrative numerical models are used to connect mixing, sediment entrainment/suspension and water column stratification.
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Quantifying the influence of channel sinuosity on the depositional mechanics of channelized turbidity currents: A laboratory study
TL;DR: In this paper, a suite of laboratory experiments are presented to highlight the influence of channel sinuosity on the depositional mechanics of channelized turbidity currents on the outer banks of moderate to high curvature channel bends.
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Deep turbidity currents in shallow channels
David Mohrig,James Buttles +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors quantified how the thickness of turbidity currents affects the evolution of an aggrading subaqueous channel and found that the ratio of longitudinal to lateral current velocity decreased exponentially with increasing relative current thickness.
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Mudflow transport behavior and deposit morphology: Role of shear stress to yield strength ratio in subaqueous experiments
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the role of the shear stress to yield strength ratio in sediment-water slurries in subaqueous dam-break failures and show that a detailed analysis of sediment surface morphology from geophysical or outcrop observations can yield important clues to the flow history.