Intrusive gravity currents

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 568, Issue , 2006, Pages 193-202

  Flynn, M R ^a   Linden, P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GRAVITATION; GRAVITY WAVES; STREAM FLOW; WAVE EQUATIONS;

FLUID INTRUSION; INTERFACIAL LONG-WAVE SPEED; TWO-LAYER SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAVITATION; GRAVITY WAVES; STREAM FLOW; WAVE EQUATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVE; KINEMATICS; OCEANIC CURRENT; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 33751002329     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006002734     Document Type: Article

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