Evidence for enhanced mixing over rough topography in the abyssal ocean

2000/01/01 by J. R. Ledwell, James R. Ledwell, Ellyn T. Montgomery +8 · 716 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Abyssal zone #Antarctic Bottom Water #Bathymetry #Buoyancy #Deep ocean water #Dissipation #Geological formations and processes #Geology #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Geomorphology #Geophysics #Internal wave #Mechanics #Mixing (physics) #Neutral buoyancy #Ocean current #Oceanic basin #Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes #Oceanography #Paleontology #Physical oceanography #Physics #Ridge #Seabed #Structural basin #Thermohaline circulation #Turbulence #Water mass

paper · doi:10.1038/35003164

published in Nature 403(6766), 179-182 (Nature Portfolio)

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