Intrusive gravity currents propagating along thin and thick interfaces

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 586, Issue , 2007, Pages 109-118

  Sutherland, Bruce R ^a   Nault, Joshua T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVES; SOLITONS; SPEED;

AXISYMMETRIC GEOMETRY; GRAVITY CURRENTS; INTERFACIAL THICKNESS; INTERFACIAL WAVE;

GRAVITATION;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATION; GRAVITY WAVES; SOLITONS; SPEED;

CURRENT; FLUID MECHANICS; GRAVITY WAVE; SOLITARY WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 36849067184     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112007007288     Document Type: Article

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