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Internal wave boluses as coherent structures in a continuously stratified fluid

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Published in 2020 at "Journal of Fluid Mechanics"

DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2019.993

Abstract: Internal waves shoaling on the continental slope can break and form materially coherent vortices called boluses. These boluses are able to trap and transport material up the continental slope, yet the global extent of bolus… read more here.

Keywords: wave boluses; pycnocline; internal wave; coherent structures ... See more keywords