A numerical study of layer formation due to fingers in double-diffusive convection in a vertically-bounded domain

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 463-487

  Özgökmen, Tamay M ^a   Esenkov, Oleg E ^a   Olson, Donald B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; FINGERING; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 0031669493     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224098321822384     Document Type: Article

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