Mudflows as a rate process

• Published in: Catena (Giessen) Vol. 15; no. 3; pp. 249 - 267
• Main Author: Culling, W.E.H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cremlingen-Destedt Elsevier B.V 1988; Catena
• Subjects: Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; Geomorphology, landform evolution; Surficial geology; Mudflows; Cartographic scales; Theoretical studies; Equations

Rate process ideas can be applied to any particulate flow phenomenon in geomorphology. The appropriate guise for mudflows in particular is the Ree-Eyring relaxation theory of generalised viscous flow. Plastic Non-Newtonian flow takes place in soil-water systems between solids concentrations of 0.25...