Evolution of a Mixing Zone in Granular Avalanches
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Meghan McIntyre1, Edward L. Rowe2, Michael Shearer2, J. M. N. T. Gray3 and Anthony R. Thornton3 1Mathematics Department, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA 2Department of Mathematics and Center for Research in Scientific Computation, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA and 3School of Mathematics and Manchester Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL UK
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