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Buoyancy Flow

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-003829

Current flow created by discontinuity in buoyancy of two juxtaposed water masses of different density, causing one to flow relative to the other toward buoyancy equilibrium.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-003829
FieldEnvironment
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-003829",
  "term": "Buoyancy Flow",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Current flow created by discontinuity in buoyancy of two juxtaposed water masses of different density, causing one to flow relative to the other toward buoyancy equilibrium.",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/buoyancy-flow/"
}

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