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On the dynamics of an idealised bottom density current overflowing in a semi-enclosed basin: mesoscale and submesoscale eddies generation

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Pages 607-630 | Received 14 Jan 2020, Accepted 22 Mar 2020, Published online: 08 Apr 2020

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