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ECTOGENIC MEROMIXIS [1 record]

Record 1 1978-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
OBS

"Ectogenic meromixis", due to some external catastrophe bringing either salt water into a fresh-water lake or fresh water into a saline lake, so establishing a deeper, saline, denser layer covered by a less saline, less dense, superficial layer. Although very little mixing may occur at the chemocline, such as does occur inevitably reduces the meromictic stability of the lake.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
OBS

Une "méromicticité ectogénique", c'est à dire constituée par la superposition fortuite de deux eaux de salinités différentes, soit que la cuvette soit remplie progressivement par des eaux salées au-dessus desquelles subsistent des eaux douces préexistantes, soit que des eaux douces soient amenées peu à peu sur une masse d'eau salée préexistant dans le bassin lacustre considéré. Cette méromicticité tend à diminuer avec le temps par le mélange des deux eaux (...)

Spanish

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