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- A thermocline (also known as the thermal layer or the metalimnion in lakes) is a distinct layer based on temperature within a large body of fluid (e.g...
- These changes in surface temperature reflect changes in the depth of the thermocline. Changes in the Walker circulation with time occur in conjunction with...
- As the thermocline rises up a sloping lake bed, it can also cause benthic turbulence by convective overturning, whereas the falling thermocline experiences...
- is 4.4–8.5 years. North Atlantic Deep Water flows southward below the thermocline of the subtropical gyre. The Sarg****o Sea in the western North Atlantic...
- thermocline – a thermocline is an area within a body of water that marks a drastic change in temperature. A halocline can coincide with a thermocline...
- permanent thermocline. The temperature difference through this layer may be as large as 20 °C, depending on latitude. The permanent thermocline coincides...
- it contains a thermocline, a distinct boundary between warmer surface water and colder deep water. In tropical regions, the thermocline is typically deeper...
- Pycnocline    Isopycnal    Chemocline    Nutricline    Halocline    Thermocline    Thermohaline See also Marine habitats Lake stratification Ocean stratification...
- is at nearly constant temperature at all depths. The development of a thermocline is strongest around late December and peaks in late summer to early autumn...
- Pycnocline    Isopycnal    Chemocline    Nutricline    Halocline    Thermocline    Thermohaline See also Marine habitats Lake stratification Ocean stratification...