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Laterally coherent patches of turbulence were discovered on the upper and lower boundaries of thermohaline intrusions. The ratio ɛ/Jb is used to compare the relative importance of turbulence produced by Reynolds stress and that produced by the buoyancy flux of double diffusion. Velocity profiles show near-inertial motions through the intrusions.
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Larson, N., Gregg, M. Turbulent dissipation and shear in thermohaline intrusions. Nature 306, 26–32 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1038/306026a0
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