A note on the stability theory of buoyancy-driven ocean currents over a sloping bottom

Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Physik

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 28-38

  Karsten, Richard H ^a   Swaters, Gordon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 0030547984     PISSN: 00442275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00917572     Document Type: Article

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