Deep-ocean mixing on the basin scale: Inference from North Atlantic transects

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1075-1089

  Lozovatsky, I D ^a,b   Fernando, H J S ^a   Shapovalov, S M ^b  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bottom boundary layer; Bottom roughness; Mixing; Probability distribution; Turbulence scales

Indexed keywords

FINE STRUCTURES; NORTH ATLANTIC (NA); OCEAN MIXING;

MIXING;

ABYSSAL ZONE; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BED ROUGHNESS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP SEA; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MIXING; PROBABILITY; SEAFLOOR; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE; TURBULENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

PUFFINUS AURICULARIS;

EID: 48349128706     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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