Artículo:

Ocean Science: Enhanced Diapycnal Mixing by Salt Fingers in the Thermocline of the Tropical Atlantic

Autor:

R. W. Schmitt

J. R. Ledwell

E. T. Montgomery

K. L. Polzin

J. M. Toole

Resumen:

Analysis of more than 1 million square kilometers of the Atlantic shows that the ocean's density layers mix through slim, salty fingers extending from layer to layer rather than via turbulence

Página:

685

Sección:

Reports

Publicación:

Science

Volúmen:

308

Número:

5722

Fecha:

29 April 2005

ISSN:

00368075

SrcID:

00368075-2005-04-29.txt