Buoyant currents arrested by convective dissolution

Buoyant currents arrested by convective dissolution

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Numerical Modeling of Saline Gravity Currents Using EARSM and Buoyant k- Turbulence Closures

Gravity currents are very common in nature and may appear in rivers, lakes, oceans, and the atmosphere. They are produced by the buoyant forces interacting between fluids of different densities and may introduce sediments and pollutants into water bodies. In this study, the hydrodynamics and propagation of gravity currents are investigated using WISE (Width Integrated Stratified Environments), ...

Modulation of membrane currents by cyclic AMP in cleavage-arrested Drosophila neurons.

A number of Drosophila learning mutants have defective intracellular second-messenger systems. In an effort to develop techniques that will allow direct measurement of the effects of these mutations on whole-cell neuronal membrane currents, the perforated-patch whole-cell (PPWC) technique has been applied to cleavage-arrested cultured embryonic Drosophila neurons. This technique permits the mea...

Kinetics of convective crystal dissolution and melting, with applications to methane hydrate dissolution and dissociation in seawater

Large quantities of methane hydrate are present in marine sediment. When methane hydrate is exposed or released to seawater, it dissolves in seawater or dissociates into methane gas and water. There was some confusion in the literature about the kinetics of these processes. It is critical to realize that dissolution and dissociation are two different processes. Dissolution is due to instability...

Turbulence attenuation by large neutrally buoyant particles