Creeping plumes

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 158, Issue , 1985, Pages 511-531

  Olson, Peter ^a   Singer, Harvey ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS - TESTING; GEOPHYSICS; VOLCANOES;

CREEPING PLUMES;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 0022130340     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112085002749     Document Type: Article

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