Thermohaline circulation

Synonyms for "thermohaline circulation" (12 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
buoyancy driven processdensity driven loopdensity driven ocean flow

Strong matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
density driven processglobal conveyor beltglobal density circulation

Related words (6)

Noun(6 words)
great ocean conveyorheat and salt relatedheat salt interactionsalinity relatedtemperature relatedthermohaline loop

Related word relations

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More general

7 entries
climate processgeophysical processocean processoceanographic processphysical processphysical propertyscientific term

More specific

6 entries
deep ocean currentdeep water formationsubsurface flowthermohaline gradientthermohaline layeringthermohaline mixing

Collocations

10 entries
deep water formationdensity differencesglobal conveyor beltocean circulationocean currentssalinity gradientsthermohaline gradientthermohaline mixingthermohaline stabilitythermohaline stratification

Inflections

3 entries
more thermohalinemost thermohalinethermohaline circulations

Derivations

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