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"Thermohaline"
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oceanography
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salinity
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overturning
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pertains
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convective
pertaining to density currents.
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In oceanography, it pertains to when both temperature and salinity act together. An example is thermohaline circulation which is vertical circulation induced by surface cooling, which causes convective overturning and consequent mixing.
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In oceanography, descriptive of a combination of temperature and salinity effects.
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