What determines the thickness of layers in a thermohaline staircase?

DOI10.1017/S0022112004002290zbMATH Open1065.76087OpenAlexW1997647509MaRDI QIDQ4670950FDOQ4670950

Authors: T. Radko 

Publication date: 23 April 2005

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112004002290

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zbMATH Keywords

linear stability analysissalt-finger interfaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Interfacial stability and instability in hydrodynamic stability (76E17)

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