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chemoclines

chemoclines is the plural of chemocline.

Meaning of chemocline

Noun

chemocline (plural chemoclines)

  1. The boundary layer between the mixolimnion and monimolimnion in a meromictic lake (one with permanently stratified layers).
    • The chemocline fluctuated at depth probably because of seasonal variations of inflows and circulation patterns in the forebay. The depth of the chemocline was shallowest from spring to early summer and deepest during the winter.1996, Robert J. Hart, Kent M. Sherman, Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Lake Powell at the Forebay and Outflows of Glen Canyon Dam, Northeastern Arizona, 1990–91, Tucson, Arizona: U.S....

Questions about chemoclines

What is chemoclines the plural of?
Chemoclines is the plural of chemocline.

Words near chemoclines in the dictionary

  1. chemoceptors
  2. chemochrome
  3. chemochromes
  4. chemochromic
  5. chemocline
  6. chemoclines
  7. chemocommunication
  8. chemocommunications
  9. chemocommunicative
  10. chemocompetent
  11. chemoconvulsant

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