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Shelf-Break Front

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-025433

Frontal formations where cross-shelf waters encounter slope waters from the deeper oceans, often associated with upwelling. The seasonally transitional features are sites of high temperature, salinity and density gradients and often of high productivity where deep upwelled water contributes high nutrients.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-025433
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-025433",
  "term": "Shelf-Break Front",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Frontal formations where cross-shelf waters encounter slope waters from the deeper oceans, often associated with upwelling. The seasonally transitional features are sites of high temperature, salinity and density gradients and often of high productivity where deep upwelled water contributes high nutrients.",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/shelf-break-front/"
}

Record 25,433 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.