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Nonpropagating Solitons and Edge Waves

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Irreversible Phenomena and Dynamical Systems Analysis in Geosciences

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In addition to the well known KdV and envelope solitons a channel can also support a nonpropagating soliton. The cause of localization of this soliton is similar to that of edge waves except that its nonlinear properties enable it to exist far from the boundary.

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  1. Physics Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 90024, USA

    S. Putterman

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  1. Institut d’Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique, Avenue Circulaire 3, 1180, Brussels, Belgium

    C. Nicolis

  2. Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Plaine, C.P. 226, Boulevard du Triomphe, 1050, Brussels, Belgium

    G. Nicolis

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Putterman, S. (1987). Nonpropagating Solitons and Edge Waves. In: Nicolis, C., Nicolis, G. (eds) Irreversible Phenomena and Dynamical Systems Analysis in Geosciences. NATO ASI Series, vol 192. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4778-8_6

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