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- Double-Diffusive Convection
- Double-Diffusive Convection
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 General principles
- 2 The linear instability problem
- 3 The unbounded gradient model
- 4 The two-layer system
- 5 The bounded layer model
- 6 Collective instability
- 7 Thermohaline intrusions
- 8 Thermohaline staircases
- 9 The unified theory of secondary double-diffusive instabilities
- 10 Double-diffusion in active environments
- 11 Large-scale consequences
- 12 Beyond oceanography
- 13 Perspectives and challenges
- References
- Index
1 - General principles
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2013
- Double-Diffusive Convection
- Double-Diffusive Convection
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 General principles
- 2 The linear instability problem
- 3 The unbounded gradient model
- 4 The two-layer system
- 5 The bounded layer model
- 6 Collective instability
- 7 Thermohaline intrusions
- 8 Thermohaline staircases
- 9 The unified theory of secondary double-diffusive instabilities
- 10 Double-diffusion in active environments
- 11 Large-scale consequences
- 12 Beyond oceanography
- 13 Perspectives and challenges
- References
- Index
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- Double-Diffusive Convection , pp. 1 - 16Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013