Self-accelerating turbidity currents

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 171, Issue , 1986, Pages 145-181

  Pantin, Henry M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS - MATHEMATICAL MODELS; FLUID MECHANICS - MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

IGNITION; LAYER-AVERAGED EQUATIONS; SEDIMENT-LADEN UNDERFLOWS; SUBMARINE CANYONS; TURBIDITY CURRENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 0022925936     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112086001404     Document Type: Article

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