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Define these terms: thermocline, halocline, pycnocline

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thermocline - a steep temperature gradient in a body of water, that is marked by a layer above and below at which the water is at different temperatures.

halocline - a subtype of chemocline caused by a strong, vertical salinity gradient within a body of water.

pycnocline -
a layer in an ocean or other body of water in which water density increases rapidly with depth.
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