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chemocline

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chemocline [′kē·mə‚klīn]
(hydrology)
The transition in a meromictic lake between the mixolimnion layer (at the top) and the monimolimnion layer (at the bottom).


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This sulfide usually changes into a benign sulfate salt when the dissolved gas encounters oxygen to flourish at an underwater boundary called a chemocline.
A boundary called a chemocline separates freshwater at the surface from deeper, denser fluids containing dissolved minerals and gases.
 
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