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Thermohaline Stratification

Thermohaline Stratification is a physical oceanographic phenomenon characterized by the vertical layering of seawater densities driven by gradients in temperature and salinity, which collectively inhibit vertical mixing and sustain stable oceanic strata.

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423

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Publications

144

Increased thermohaline stratification as a possible cause for an ocean anoxic event in the Cretaceous period

Jochen Erbacher, Brian T. Huber, Richard D. Norris et al. · Nature · 2001 · 286 citations

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Ocean General Circulation Model Sensitivity Experiment with an open Central American Isthmus

E. Maier‐Reimer, Uwe Mikolajewicz, Thomas J. Crowley · Paleoceanography · 1990 · 271 citations · Full text

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Influences of the ocean surface mixed layer and thermohaline stratification on Arctic Sea ice in the central Canada Basin

John M. Toole, Mary‐Louise Timmermans, Donald K. Perovich et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2010 · 258 citations · Full text

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Paleohydrology of the Gulf of Mexico basin

Wendy J. Harrison, L. L. Summa · American Journal of Science · 1991 · 241 citations

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Interannual thermohaline (1979–2014) and nutrient (2002–2014) dynamics in the Levantine surface and intermediate water masses, SE Mediterranean Sea

Tal Ozer, Isaac Gertman, Nurit Kress et al. · Global and Planetary Change · 2016 · 236 citations

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Authors

423

  1. AL
    Arnold L. Gordon

    Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, United States

    5 publications · 490 citations

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  2. FF
    Fı́z F. Pérez

    Instituto de Investigacións Mariñas, Spain

    4 publications · 202 citations

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  3. BR
    Barry Ruddick

    Dalhousie University, Canada

    4 publications · 168 citations

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  4. ZL
    Zhen Liu

    Michigan Technological University, United States

    3 publications · 68 citations

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  5. JM
    John M. Toole

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    3 publications · 412 citations

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Institutions

208

  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    1.8K citations

  2. Institute of Oceanology. PP Shirshov Russian Academy of Sciences

    Moscow, Russia

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    301 citations

  3. Universität Hamburg

    Hamburg, Germany

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    380 citations

  4. National Oceanography Centre

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    412 citations

  5. Naval Postgraduate School

    Monterey, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    175 citations

  6. GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

    Kiel, Germany

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    651 citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    314 citations

  8. Instituto de Investigacións Mariñas

    Vigo, Spain

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    637 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 15 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    11 publications · 711 citations

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  3. Geophysical Research Letters

    6 publications · 317 citations

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

    6 publications · 396 citations

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  5. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    5 publications · 360 citations

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