Dynamics of fingering convection. Part 2 The formation of thermohaline staircases
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Publication:2891667
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
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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