Definition of Halocline. Meaning of Halocline. Synonyms of Halocline

- In oceanography, a halocline (from Gr**** hals, halos 'salt' and klinein 'to slope') is a cline, a subtype of chemocline caused by a strong, vertical salinity...
- reached. The density interface between the fresh and saline waters is a halocline, which means a sharp change in salt concentration over a small change...
- of the regional halocline stratification and increased nutrient supply to the photic zone. The initial development of the halocline and stratified water...
- and salinity, a halocline. Since the density depends on both the temperature and the salinity, the pycno-, thermo-, and haloclines have a similar shape...
- this lower salinity layer and the bulk of the ocean lies the so-called halocline, in which both salinity and temperature rise with increasing depth. Because...
- seasonal thermoclines can occur. In these areas, a permanent halocline exists, and this halocline is the main factor in determining the permanent pycnocline...
- Stratification    Pycnocline    Isopycnal    Chemocline    Nutricline    Halocline    Thermocline    Thermohaline See also Marine habitats Lake stratification...
- hypolimnion and epilimnion are separated not by a thermocline but by a halocline, which is sometimes referred to as a chemocline. Lakes are informally...
- Stratification    Pycnocline    Isopycnal    Chemocline    Nutricline    Halocline    Thermocline    Thermohaline See also Marine habitats Lake stratification...
- Stratification    Pycnocline    Isopycnal    Chemocline    Nutricline    Halocline    Thermocline    Thermohaline See also Marine habitats Lake stratification...