Abstract: Plumes of dense shelf water cascade down continental slopes in many parts of the world?s oceans and provide a mechanism for shelf?ocean exchange. In this paper a nonlinear process-orientated theory is developed and used ...

Abstract: Observed density sections through dense-water pools or lenses on sloping topography typically have an asymmetric structure. One side of the dense lens usually is bounded by isopycnals that slope steeply down to the seabed ...