Instabilities of gravity currents along a slope

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 30-53

  Meacham, S P ^a   Stephens, J C ^a  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; JETS; OCEAN CURRENTS; VORTEX FLOW;

SLOPING SEAFLOOR;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DENSITY CURRENT; INSTABILITY; SLOPE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 0035064554     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2001)031<0030:IOGCAA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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