A primary mechanism for spiral wave meandering

Chaos

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 829-842

  Otani, Niels F ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

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EID: 0036710741     PISSN: 10541500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1503921     Document Type: Article

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