Particle-driven gravity currents

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 250, Issue , 1993, Pages 339-369

  Huppert, Herbert E ^b   Lister, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORE DEVELOPMENT; BUOYANCY; CURRENT DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; GRAVITY CURRENT; GRAVITY CURRENTS; PARTICLE CONCENTRATION; SUSPENSION;

CURRENTS; GRAVITY FLOW; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; PARTICLE DRIVEN;

EID: 0027789556     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211209300148X     Document Type: Article

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