bottom salinity

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• Bottom water — is the lowermost water mass in a water body, by its bottom, with distinct characteristics, in terms of physics, chemistry, and ecology.OceanologyIn oceanology, bottom water is by the ocean floor. It has characteristics are markedly distinct from… …   Wikipedia

• bottom water — Lowermost layer of ocean water that can be distinguished by its characteristic low temperature, high density, and low oxygen content compared with surface waters. Most bottom waters are formed near Antarctica during the southern winter. The… …   Universalium

• Messinian salinity crisis — Events of the Cenozoic view • discuss •  …   Wikipedia

• Pelagic Ecology of the Low Salinity San Francisco Estuary — Pelagic organisms spend all or part of their lives in the open water, where habitat isdefined not by edges but by physiological tolerance to salinity and temperature. The LowSalinity Zone (LSZ) of the San Francisco Estuary constitutes a habitat… …   Wikipedia

• Ecology of the San Francisco Estuary low salinity zone — The low salinity zone (LSZ) of the San Francisco Estuary and Delta represents a highlyaltered ecosystem. The region has been heavily re engineered to accommodate the needs ofwater delivery, shipping, agriculture, and most recently, suburban… …   Wikipedia

• Antarctic bottom water — noun a dense mass of water in the deep seas around Antarctica, formed mainly in the Weddell and Ross seas, which flows around Antarctica and then northerly to enter the oceans, passing through and mixing with the water of the Antarctic… …  

• Atlantic Ocean — an ocean bounded by North America and South America in the Western Hemisphere and by Europe and Africa in the Eastern Hemisphere. ab. 31,530,000 sq. mi. (81,663,000 sq. km); with connecting seas ab. 41,000,000 sq. mi. (106,100,000 sq. km);… …   Universalium

• Geophysical MASINT — is a branch of Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT) that involves phenomena transmitted through the earth (ground, water, atmosphere) and manmade structures including emitted or reflected sounds, pressure waves, vibrations, and… …   Wikipedia

• undersea exploration — Introduction       the investigation and description of the ocean waters and the seafloor and of the Earth beneath. Primary objectives and accomplishments       Included in the scope of undersea exploration are the physical and chemical… …   Universalium

• Sea of Azov — at Novaya Yalta, Donetsk Oblast …   Wikipedia

• lake — lake1 /layk/, n. 1. a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land. 2. any similar body or pool of other liquid, as oil. 3. (go) jump in the lake, (used as an exclamation of dismissal or impatience.) [bef. 1000; ME lak(e) …   Universalium