Buoyant gravity currents along a sloping bottom in a rotating fluid

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 464, Issue , 2002, Pages 251-278

  Lentz, Steven J ^a   Helfrich, Karl R ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GRAVITY CURRENTS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

BUOYANCY DRIVEN FLOW; CURRENT; GRAVITY FLOW; RIVER; ROTATING FLOW; SLOPE;

EID: 0037194295     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112002008868     Document Type: Article

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