Models of internal jumps and the fronts of gravity currents: unifying two-layer theories and deriving new results

DOI10.1017/jfm.2018.219zbMath1404.76095WikidataQ109767426 ScholiaQ109767426MaRDI QIDQ5745202

Marius Ungarish, Andrew J. Hogg

Publication date: 5 June 2018

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/85eac5c5-46ab-4d41-a01e-452c84b74819

zbMATH Keywords

shallow water flows; gravity currents; geophysical and geological flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

86A05: Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography

76D50: Stratification effects in viscous fluids

86A10: Meteorology and atmospheric physics

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