Three-Dimensional Initiation of Thermohaline Fingering

Synthetic Convection Log — Characterization of vertical transport processes in fluid-filled boreholes

“…First of all, the global stability N 2 has to be positive. If so, the critical zone based on the local stability R ρ is 1 b R ρ b 2 (Saiki et al, 2000) for saltfingering and 1 b R ρ b 10 for diffusive convection (Kelley et al, 2003).…”

Groundwater Geophysics

“…As critical thresholds are used: ρ R < 1 for thermosolutal convection, 1 < ρ R ≤ 2 for saltfingers (Saiki et al 2000), and 1 < ρ R ≥ 10 for diffusive convection (Kelley et al 2003). Necessary parameters for the cause orientated algorithm are calculated from geophysical borehole measurements of temperature-conductivity-(pressure) probes and compared to the above mentioned critical thresholds.…”