On the generation of shelves by long nonlinear waves in stratified flows

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 346, Issue , 1997, Pages 345-362

  Prasad, Dilip ^a   Akylas, T R ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER;

BOUSSINESQ FLUIDS; STRATIFIED FLOWS;

WATER WAVES;

GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS; STRATIFICATION; WAVE;

INTERNAL WAVES; SHELF GENERATION; STRATIFIED FLOW;

EID: 0031224876     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097006435     Document Type: Article

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