Run-up of internal waves on a gentle slope in a two-layered system

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 191, Issue , 1988, Pages 419-442

  Wallace, B C ^a   Wilkinson, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 0000437255     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112088001636     Document Type: Article

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