Kelvin–Helmholtz Instability in a Layered Newtonian Fluid Model of the Geological Phenomenon of Rock Folding

DOI10.1137/0142089zbMath0525.76043OpenAlexW4242746143MaRDI QIDQ3038867

J. Iwan D. Alexander, David J. Wollkind

Publication date: 1982

Published in: SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1137/0142089

zbMATH Keywords

small Reynolds numberlinear analysisStokes equationscritical conditionsstability curveCastile multilayer New Mexicorock foldingsmall scale foldstwo-dimensional layer embedded between upper and lower medium

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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