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Abyssal deep circulation

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-000176

Deep, slow circulation in the abyssal zone driven by horizontal differences in density of water masses. The vast majority of ocean circulation is of this type, initiating by the sinking of cold water in the high latitudes to the ocean bottom, and spreading throughout the abyssal plains of the ocean basins.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-000176
FieldEnvironment
SubjectNatural environments
ReferencesFederal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-000176",
  "term": "Abyssal deep circulation",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Abyssal Deep Circulation",
  "definition": "Deep, slow circulation in the abyssal zone driven by horizontal differences in density of water masses. The vast majority of ocean circulation is of this type, initiating by the sinking of cold water in the high latitudes to the ocean bottom, and spreading throughout the abyssal plains of the ocean basins.",
  "subject": "Natural environments",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/abyssal-deep-circulation/"
}

Record 174 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.