 | A pycnocline is the cline or layer where the density gradient (∂ρ/∂z) is greatest within a body of water. An ocean current is generated by the forces such... 11 KB (1,431 words) - 13:13, 21 January 2024 |
in temperature. A halocline can coincide with a thermocline and form a pycnocline. Haloclines are common in water-filled limestone caves near the ocean... 5 KB (632 words) - 19:37, 17 January 2024 |
 | colder fresher surface layer and a colder more saline deeper layer. A pycnocline is a layer in a body of water where the change in density is relatively... 25 KB (3,133 words) - 06:17, 29 November 2023 |
Abyssopelagic Hadopelagic Demersal Benthic Stratification Pycnocline Isopycnal Chemocline Nutricline Halocline Thermocline ... 14 KB (1,445 words) - 07:29, 8 April 2024 |
Abyssopelagic Hadopelagic Demersal Benthic Stratification Pycnocline Isopycnal Chemocline Nutricline Halocline Thermocline ... 25 KB (2,459 words) - 08:42, 12 April 2024 |
temperature, salinity and density called the thermocline, halocline, and pycnocline respectively. The temperature variations are large; from over 20 °C (68 °F)... 50 KB (6,024 words) - 18:27, 5 March 2024 |
Abyssopelagic Hadopelagic Demersal Benthic Stratification Pycnocline Isopycnal Chemocline Nutricline Halocline Thermocline ... 49 KB (5,362 words) - 12:23, 19 April 2024 |
lighter water, representing a stable stratification. For example, the pycnocline is the layer in the ocean where the change in density is largest compared... 32 KB (4,244 words) - 06:26, 17 February 2024 |
can grow. Below the mixed layer, a region of rapid density change (or pycnocline) separates the upper and lower water, hindering vertical transport. Eddy... 21 KB (2,520 words) - 09:57, 11 April 2024 |
 | Law, Clifford S. (August 1993). "Evidence for slow mixing across the pycnocline from an open-ocean tracer-release experiment". Nature. 364 (6439): 701–703... 24 KB (2,628 words) - 01:02, 17 April 2024 |
Abyssopelagic Hadopelagic Demersal Benthic Stratification Pycnocline Isopycnal Chemocline Nutricline Halocline Thermocline ... 16 KB (2,057 words) - 16:13, 1 April 2024 |
 | winter surface mixed layer. The base of the CIL is marked by a major pycnocline at about 100–200 metres (330–660 ft), and this density disparity is the... 115 KB (11,611 words) - 11:22, 27 April 2024 |
Abyssopelagic Hadopelagic Demersal Benthic Stratification Pycnocline Isopycnal Chemocline Nutricline Halocline Thermocline ... 10 KB (1,128 words) - 12:51, 15 August 2023 |
 | thermocline, chemocline (chemical gradient), halocline (salinity gradient) or pycnocline (variations in density of water induced by temperature or salinity). ecocline... 15 KB (1,787 words) - 14:51, 23 February 2024 |
 | low depth of the hypoxia zone. This species typically resides below the pycnocline and avoids crossing the boundary layer, but they often dive into the hypoxic... 17 KB (2,224 words) - 13:01, 9 January 2024 |
 | a unique, spiraled shape, increasing the surface area covered in the pycnocline and increasing the potential of trapping prey. Vertical displacement for... 7 KB (808 words) - 20:55, 23 February 2024 |
 | increased in these areas because the nutrient-rich water lying below the pycnocline is relatively close to the surface and is thus easily upwelled. Scientists... 12 KB (1,525 words) - 01:54, 6 March 2024 |
 | thermoclines (temperature), haloclines (salinity), chemoclines (chemistry), and pycnoclines (density). If a zone undergoes dramatic changes in temperature with depth... 128 KB (17,470 words) - 06:23, 16 April 2024 |
to the North Sea. A strong pycnocline separates fresh surface water from dense, saline bottom water, and this pycnocline reduces mixing between the layers... 54 KB (6,621 words) - 23:08, 31 March 2024 |
 | the surface and more saline water as the depth increases. Many have pycnoclines and haloclines that show these zones, similar to the ocean around it... 21 KB (2,507 words) - 03:29, 10 April 2024 |
 | Gyre is a cold, low salinity surface layer separated by a thin, weak pycnocline from a thick layer of relatively warm and salty water referred to as Weddell... 18 KB (2,149 words) - 00:41, 6 January 2024 |
 | waves, initiated by seabed topography, that propagate on the oceanic pycnocline. Atmospheric solitons also exist, such as the morning glory cloud of the... 42 KB (4,540 words) - 03:45, 27 April 2024 |
 | mix with the deeper cooler layer of water that is situated below the pycnocline. This mixing introduces nutrients from deeper cooler water to the warmer... 68 KB (8,189 words) - 14:51, 26 March 2024 |
 | Chemocline - chemistry Halocline - salinity Lysocline - dissolution of calcite Pycnocline - density Thermocline - temperature Pinti 2022. Emelyanov 2005, pp. 28... 1 KB (119 words) - 11:07, 29 May 2023 |
 | the surface layer involves the top 100–150 m (330–490 ft), down to the pycnocline of increased density. In calm water, the first sea ice to form on the... 35 KB (4,667 words) - 14:44, 27 March 2024 |
Abyssopelagic Hadopelagic Demersal Benthic Stratification Pycnocline Isopycnal Chemocline Nutricline Halocline Thermocline ... 4 KB (528 words) - 12:45, 25 March 2024 |
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 | Abyssopelagic Hadopelagic Demersal Benthic Stratification Pycnocline Isopycnal Chemocline Nutricline Halocline Thermocline ... 80 KB (9,035 words) - 23:59, 12 April 2024 |
 | where fresh and brackish waters meet. The salinity fronts are also pycnoclines due to the water density discontinuities. They play an important role... 31 KB (3,190 words) - 21:12, 10 April 2024 |
 | Abyssopelagic Hadopelagic Demersal Benthic Stratification Pycnocline Isopycnal Chemocline Nutricline Halocline Thermocline ... 11 KB (1,464 words) - 00:32, 21 December 2023 |