On the formation and propagation of nonlinear internal boluses across a shelf break

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 577, Issue , 2007, Pages 137-159

  Venayagamoorthy, Subhas K ^a   Fringer, Oliver B ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVES; OCEAN CURRENTS; VORTEX FLOW;

NONLINEAR INCIDENT WAVES; SHELF BREAK;

WATER WAVES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVES; OCEAN CURRENTS; VORTEX FLOW; WATER WAVES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; GRAVITY WAVE; INTERNAL WAVE; SHELF BREAK; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VORTEX FLOW; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 34548051910     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112007004624     Document Type: Article

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