| 1. | They propagate at and involve vertical displacements of the pycnocline through.
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| 2. | The pycnocline represents approximately 18 % of the total volume of ocean water.
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| 3. | Waves on the pycnocline, called internal waves, are ubiquitous in Pelorus Sound.
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| 4. | The changes in pycnocline depth or properties can be simulated from some computer program models.
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| 5. | The combined influence of temperature and salinity changes results in an abrupt density change, or pycnocline.
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| 6. | The pycnocline refers to a zone wherein density substantially increases with depth due primarily to decreases in temperature.
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| 7. | The pycnocline effectively separates the lower-density surface zone above from the higher-density deep zone below.
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| 8. | Other solitons occur as the undersea internal waves, initiated by seabed topography, that propagate on the oceanic pycnocline.
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| 9. | Convection of the surface layer involves the top 100 150 m, down to the pycnocline of increased density.
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| 10. | However, vertical mixing across pycnocline is a regular phenomenon in oceans, and occurs through shear-produced turbulence.
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