A model for staircase formation in fingering convection

DOI10.1007/s10440-014-9920-1zbMath1295.76009OpenAlexW2114687435WikidataQ60551410 ScholiaQ60551410MaRDI QIDQ404878

Francesco Paparella, Jost von Hardenberg

Publication date: 4 September 2014

Published in: Acta Applicandae Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10440-014-9920-1

zbMATH Keywords

Perona-Malik equationdoubly-diffusive convectionnegative diffusionthermohaline staircases

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25) Convection in hydrodynamic stability (76E06) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20) Stratification effects in turbulence (76F45)

Related Items (4)

The Lagrangian nature of fingering convection ⋮ Salt fingering staircases and the three-component Phillips effect ⋮ Thermohaline layering on the microscale ⋮ On a salt fingers model

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