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Salinity Front Mixing

Salinity Front Mixing is a physical oceanographic process characterized by the lateral convergence and vertical mixing of water masses with contrasting salinity levels along a density gradient, driven by hydrodynamic instabilities and external forcings at the interface of distinct saline regimes.

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2017–2026

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Mixing and flushing of tidal embayments in the western Dutch Wadden Sea part I: Distribution of salinity and calculation of mixing time scales

J. T. F. Zimmerman · Netherlands Journal of Sea Research · 1976 · 349 citations

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Two Years in the Life of a Mediterranean Salt Lens

Laurence Armi, Dave Hebert, Neil S. Oakey et al. · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 1989 · 296 citations · Full text

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Physical oceanography of the Amazon shelf

W. Rockwell Geyer, Robert C. Beardsley, Steven J. Lentz et al. · Continental Shelf Research · 1996 · 249 citations · Full text

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Lithospheric-scale geodynamic context of the Messinian salinity crisis

L. Jolivet, Romain Augier, Cécile Robin et al. · Sedimentary Geology · 2006 · 223 citations

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Structure, variability, and salt flux in a strongly forced salt wedge estuary

David K. Ralston, W. Rockwell Geyer, James A. Lerczak · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2010 · 203 citations · Full text

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Authors

159

  1. WR
    W. Rockwell Geyer

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    5 publications · 638 citations

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  2. DG
    Daniel García‐Castellanos

    Geociencias Barcelona, Spain

    2 publications · 35 citations

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  3. DK
    David K. Ralston

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    2 publications · 224 citations

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  4. AM
    Amala Mahadevan

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    2 publications · 155 citations

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  5. LD
    Lynne D. Talley

    Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States

    2 publications · 83 citations

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Institutions

92

  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    6 h-index

    16 publications

    2.6K citations

  2. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    607 citations

  3. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    311 citations

  4. Oregon State University

    Corvallis, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    327 citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    280 citations

  6. Laboratoire d’Études en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales

    Toulouse, France

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    209 citations

  7. Geociencias Barcelona

    Barcelona, Spain

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    46 citations

  8. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    305 citations

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 8 publications · 610 citations

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  2. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    5 publications · 616 citations

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  3. Continental Shelf Research

    3 publications · 406 citations

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

    3 publications · 76 citations

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  5. Geophysical Research Letters

    2 publications · 164 citations

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