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...
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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...
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in temperature. A halocline can coincide with a thermocline and form a pycnocline. Haloclines are common in water-filled limestone caves near the ocean...
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Abyssopelagic Hadopelagic Demersal Benthic Stratification Pycnocline Isopycnal Chemocline Nutricline Halocline Thermocline ...
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can grow. Below the mixed layer, a region of rapid density change (or pycnocline) separates the upper and lower water, hindering vertical transport. Eddy...
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lighter water, representing a stable stratification. For example, the pycnocline is the layer in the ocean where the change in density is largest compared...
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Law, Clifford S. (August 1993). "Evidence for slow mixing across the pycnocline from an open-ocean tracer-release experiment". Nature. 364 (6439): 701–703...
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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...
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temperature, salinity and density called the thermocline, halocline, and pycnocline respectively. The temperature variations are large; from over 20 °C (68 °F)...
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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...
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thermocline, chemocline (chemical gradient), halocline (salinity gradient) or pycnocline (variations in density of water induced by temperature or salinity). ecocline...
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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...
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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...
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thermoclines (temperature), haloclines (salinity), chemoclines (chemistry), and pycnoclines (density). If a zone undergoes dramatic changes in temperature with depth...
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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...
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waves, initiated by seabed topography, that propagate on the oceanic pycnocline. Atmospheric solitons also exist, such as the morning glory cloud of the...
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Chemocline - chemistry Halocline - salinity Lysocline - dissolution of calcite Pycnocline - density Thermocline - temperature Pinti 2022. Emelyanov 2005, pp. 28...
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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...
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a unique, spiraled shape, increasing the surface area covered in the pycnocline and increasing the potential of trapping prey. Vertical displacement for...
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vortex: during summer a double core structure is detectable, with a shallow pycnocline created by the stratification of surface water heated by the sun. On the...
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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...
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