Page 3 - Oceanography dictionary by Futura-Sciences

Alphabetical index

Marginal basin A marginal basin is a synonym for back-arc basin, marginal ...	Marine snow Marine snow is a continuous shower of organic detritus ...
Mesohaline water Mesohaline water is water with a low to medium saline ...	Neritic zone The neritic zone is the part of the ocean that extends over ...
Nutricline A nutricline is an ocean layer in which there is a high ...	Oceanic crust The oceanic crust is part of the Earth's crust located above ...
Oceanic mixed layer The oceanic mixed layer is the warm layer on the ocean ...	Oceanic trench An oceanic trench is a long, deep and wide depression ...
Oceanic zone The oceanic zone extends beyond the neritic zone, from the ...	Oligohaline water Oligohaline water is water with a very low salt content: its ...
OMZ The OMZ, or Oxygen Minimum Zone, is a mid-depth oceanic ...	Ophiolite In geology, ophiolite is a stratified group of magmatic ...
OSPAR Convention Adopted in 1992 and applicable since 1998, the Convention ...	Oyashio Current The Oyashio Current, or Oyashivo Current, is a cool North ...
Pelagic life forms Pelagic life forms are all of the living organisms in the ...	Phytoplankton Phytoplankton is a term used to describe all plankton ...
Polyhaline water Polyhaline water is water that is moderately saline, but ...	Polynia A polynia is an area of open water or water covered by a ...
Primitive ocean The primitive ocean was the first ocean formed on the Earth ...	Pycnocline The pycnocline is an ocean layer of which the density varies ...