Secondary instability of salt sheets

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-77

  Kimura, Satoshi ^a,b   Smyth, William ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b High Cross   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INSTABILITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MODE WATER; OCEANIC CURRENT; SALINITY; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE; TURBULENT MIXING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 81755163530     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: 15439542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224011798147624     Document Type: Article

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