The leading edge of a denser turbidity current as it intrudes into less dense clean water. The edge develops a pattern of lobes and clefts due to an instability.

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www.physics.utoronto.ca/~nonlin/turbidity/turbidity.html

Photo by Jerome Neufeld

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The leading edge of a denser turbidity current as it intrudes into less dense clean water. The edge develops a pattern of lobes and clefts due to an instability.

See
www.physics.utoronto.ca/~nonlin/turbidity/turbidity.html

Photo by Jerome Neufeld

Tags:   turbidity current gravity emergence pattern formation physics texture instability

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An advancing turbidity current in an experimental tank.

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www.physics.utoronto.ca/nonlinear/turbidity/turbidity.html

Photo by Jerome Neufeld

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A scanner that measures both the profile and the color of segregating sand in a rotating tube. Used in this experiment:

www.physics.utoronto.ca/nonlinear/abstracts/KTM03abstract...

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A mixture of big grains (white) and small grains (black) in a rotating glass tube segregates into a stripe pattern. This is a close up of one black stripe.

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