Gravity currents: A personal perspective

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 554, Issue , 2006, Pages 299-322

  Huppert, Herbert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; GRAVITATION; GRAVITY WAVES;

FLUID-MECHANICAL STUDY; GRAVITY CURRENTS; NATURAL APPLICATIONS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY;

FLUID MECHANICS;

BUOYANCY; FLUID MECHANICS; GRAVITATION; GRAVITY WAVES;

BUOYANCY; FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 33646070295     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211200600930X     Document Type: Review

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