Mixing regimes for the flow of dense fluid down slopes into stratified environments

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 538, Issue , 2005, Pages 245-267

  Baines, Peter G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING;

DOWNSLOPE FLOWS; GRAVITY CURRENTS; STRATIFIED ENVIRONMENTS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

FLOW VELOCITY; SLOPE;

EID: 24944502152     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005005434     Document Type: Article

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