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Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD)

8777. Salinity wedge : A wedge-like formation when saline water intrudes into fresh water at the bottom and when the buoyancy effects predominate over turbulent mixing. Salinity wedge results in distinct stratification in velocity fields over the vertical.

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