World ocean density ratios

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 267-275

  Figueroa, Horacio A ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oracle Argentina   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE DIFFUSIVE INSTABILITY; SALT FINGERS; TEMPERATURE-SALINITY CURVES;

EID: 0029775946     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<0267:WODR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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