| Abstract: | Experimentally-derived data are used to scrutinize structural peculiarities of the upper boundary of deep near-bottom layer
in the Black Sea. Thermal fluxes through the layer’s upper boundary have been evaluated and compared with the geothermal fluxes.
Although there is significant divergence between the individual evaluations, the quantities at issue generally agree with
one another. It is shown that in evaluating thermal fluxes, it is necessary to consider fine structure of the differential-diffusive
type. Stability of the upper boundary of the deep near-bottom layer has been examined, and diagrams of stability/instability
resulting from the development of convection have been plotted.
Translated by Vladimir A. Puchkin. |
