Three-dimensional stirring of thermohaline fronts

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 589-612

  Klein, Patrice ^a   Treguier, Anne Marie ^a   Hua, Bach Lien ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRONTAL FEATURE; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0031729515     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224098765213595     Document Type: Article

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