Intrusive gravity currents between two stably stratified fluids

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 647, Issue , 2010, Pages 53-69

  Maurer, Benjamin D ^a   Bolster, Diogo T ^b   Linden, P F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION; GRAVITY WAVES; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

BUOYANCY FREQUENCY; EXCHANGE FLOW; EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES; GRAVITY CURRENTS; HORIZONTAL CHANNELS; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MEASUREMENTS OF; STRATIFIED FLUID;

BUOYANCY;

BUOYANCY; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLUID FLOW; GRAVITY FIELD; NUMERICAL METHOD; POTENTIAL ENERGY; STRATIFICATION; STRATIFIED FLOW;

EID: 77952329814     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009993752     Document Type: Article

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