Dynamics of fingering convection. Part 2 The formation of thermohaline staircases

DOI10.1017/jfm.2011.99zbMath1241.76228arXiv1008.1808OpenAlexW3102202644MaRDI QIDQ2891667

Pascale Garaud, Timour Radko, Stephan Stellmach, A. Traxler, Nicholas H. Brummell

Publication date: 15 June 2012

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1008.1808

zbMATH Keywords

double-diffusive convectiongeophysical and geological flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25) Convection in hydrodynamic stability (76E06) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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• A mechanism for layer formation in a double-diffusive fluid
• What determines the thickness of layers in a thermohaline staircase?
• Collective instability of salt fingers

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