Evidence of double diffusion in the Brazil-Malvinas Confluence

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-52

  Bianchi, Alejandro A ^a,b   Piola, Alberto R ^a,b   Collino, Gerardo J ^a  

^a Servicio de Hidrografia Naval   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Brazil Malvinas Confluence; Double diffusion; Mixing; Salt finger; Southwestern Atlantic

Indexed keywords

SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

BAROCLINICITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DOUBLE DIFFUSION; FINGERING; SALINITY; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036140277     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(01)00039-5     Document Type: Article

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