SCIENCE BOX | Bottom Nepheloid Layer

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Yogesh Agrawal | Sequoia Scientific, Inc., Bellevue, WA, USA

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Quite like the dust layer that establishes itself over land under a strong wind, a particle-rich nepheloid layer typically exists on the ocean floor. The dynamics of this layer constitute the area of research called bottom boundary layers and sediment transport.

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Citation

Agrawal, Y. 2004. Science box: Bottom nepheloid layer. Oceanography 17(2):79, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2004.51.

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