A Boussinesq system for two-way propagation of nonlinear dispersive waves

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 191-224

  Bona, Jerry L ^a   Chen, Min ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boussinesq systems; Solitary waves; Two way propagation of water waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000327541     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(97)00249-2     Document Type: Article

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