Water
stratification occurs when water of high and low salinity (
haloclineIn oceanography, a halocline is a strong, vertical salinity gradient. Because salinity affects the density of seawater, it can play a role in its vertical stratification...
), as well as cold and warm water (
thermoclineThe thermocline is a thin but distinct layer in a large body of fluid , in which temperature changes more rapidly with depth than it does in the layers above or below...
), forms layers that act as barriers to water mixing.
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Water
stratification occurs when water of high and low salinity (
haloclineIn oceanography, a halocline is a strong, vertical salinity gradient. Because salinity affects the density of seawater, it can play a role in its vertical stratification...
), as well as cold and warm water (
thermoclineThe thermocline is a thin but distinct layer in a large body of fluid , in which temperature changes more rapidly with depth than it does in the layers above or below...
), forms layers that act as barriers to water mixing.