An Introduction to Gravity Currents and Intrusions.

"A Chapman & Hall book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 477-485) and index.

Shallow-water (SW) formulation for high-Re flows -- The steady-state current and nose jump conditions -- Box models for 2D geometry -- Two-layer SW model -- Axisymmetric currents, SW formulation -- Box models for axisymmetric geometry -- Effects of rotation -- Buoyancy decays: particle-driven, porous boundary, and entrainment -- Non-Boussinesq systems -- Lubrication theory formulation for viscous currents -- Continuous density transition -- Axisymmetric and rotating cases -- The steady-state current -- Intrusions in 2D geometry -- Intrusions in axisymmetric geometry -- Box models for 2D geometry -- Box models for axisymmetric geometry -- Lubrication theory for viscous currents with S=1 -- Energy -- SW equations: characteristics and finite-difference schemes -- Navier-Stokes numerical simulations -- Some useful formulas.