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  • Oceanography
  • Geophysics

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  • Gravity currents are key for transporting sediments, solutes, and heat across the ocean floor.
  • Current theories rely on a statistically-stable turbulent diffusion model from the 1960s.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present novel spatial data from a gravity current over a rough seafloor.
  • To challenge the universality of existing gravity current flow theory.
  • To explain observed phenomena using recent fluid dynamics advancements.

Main Methods:

  • Detailed spatial data acquisition from a gravity current.
  • Comparison of observations with predictions from turbulent diffusion theory.
  • Application of recent fluid dynamics models involving statistically-unstable mixing and internal gravity waves.

Main Results:

  • Observed self-sharpened velocity and concentration profiles, contradicting turbulent diffusion predictions.
  • Identified a stable barrier to mixing.
  • Demonstrated that the existing paradigm of turbulent diffusion is not universally applicable.

Conclusions:

  • Statistically-unstable mixing and self-sharpening, driven by boundary-induced internal gravity waves, explain the observed phenomena.
  • Self-sharpening provides insights into ultra-long runout of gravity currents and restricted bedform growth.
  • Findings highlight increased geohazard risks to marine infrastructure and have broader implications for environmental flows.