Thermohalocline

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Noun
  1. 1
    A layer within a body of water or air where the temperature and salinity change rapidly with depth; a layer that is a combination of a thermocline and halocline.

    "Several taxa are known only from below the thermohalocline in the cave, namely Lasionectes exleyi Yager & Humphreys (Remipedia)"

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"Several taxa are known only from below the thermohalocline in the cave, namely Lasionectes exleyi Yager & Humphreys (Remipedia)"

Etymology

From thermo- + halo- + -cline.

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