halocline

halocline
hal·o·cline

English syllables. 2014.

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  • halocline — ● halocline nom féminin Couche à fort gradient vertical de salinité, immergée au voisinage de la thermocline et développée essentiellement entre 0 et 500 m de profondeur …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • halocline — [hal′ə klīn΄] n. [ HALO + cline, as in ANTICLINE] a level of marked change, esp. increase, in the salinity of sea water at a certain depth …   English World dictionary

  • Halocline — In oceanography, a halocline is a strong, vertical salinity gradient. Because salinity (in concert with temperature) affects the density of seawater, it can play a role in its vertical stratification. Increasing salinity by one kg/m3 results in… …   Wikipedia

  • halocline — /hal euh kluyn /, n. a well defined vertical salinity gradient in ocean or other saline water. [1955 60; HALO + CLINE] * * * ▪ oceanography       vertical zone in the oceanic water column in which salinity changes rapidly with depth, located… …   Universalium

  • halocline —    A locally steep salinity gradient along the interface between fresh groundwater and saline ground water, such as is found at the base of the freshwater lens common beneath many limestone islands in the tropics. Water mixing and microbial… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

  • halocline — noun Date: 1960 a usually vertical gradient in salinity (as of the ocean) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • halocline — 1) the region of rapid change of salinity between two layers of different salinity. Analogous to the thermocline, q.v 2) a vertical gradient in the saltiness of the ocean …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • halocline — n. [Gr. hals, salt, sea; klinein, to slope] That area of sharp vertical salinity change in the ocean or other saline water …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • halocline — noun a strong, vertical salinity gradient; the (sometimes indistinct) border between layers of water that contain different amounts of salt …   Wiktionary

  • halocline — hal•o•cline [[t]ˈhæl əˌklaɪn[/t]] n. oce a well defined vertical salinity gradient in ocean or other saline water • Etymology: 1955–60; halo +(thermo)cline …   From formal English to slang

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