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Title: A two-phase flow model for submarine granular flows: With an application to collapse of deeply-submerged granular columns
Award ID(s):
1706938
PAR ID:
10087733
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Advances in Water Resources
Volume:
115
Issue:
C
ISSN:
0309-1708
Page Range / eLocation ID:
286 to 300
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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