An Estuarine Analogy in the Sub-Arctic Pacific Ocean
It is shown that the features of an estuarine system occur northward of a sub-Arctic boundary in the Pacific Ocean.The limit of downward mixing from the surface is the limit (L) of the halocline. This is defined by a discontinuity in the logarithmic plot of salinity structure, where the salinity is...
| Published in: | Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1960
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f60-007 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f60-007 |
| Summary: | It is shown that the features of an estuarine system occur northward of a sub-Arctic boundary in the Pacific Ocean.The limit of downward mixing from the surface is the limit (L) of the halocline. This is defined by a discontinuity in the logarithmic plot of salinity structure, where the salinity is nearly constant (33.8 ± 0.1‰). On this surface the transfer is uni-directional upward. Here the water masses being entrained into the halocline and upper zone may be identified by their temperature alone. |
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