thermohalocline

English

Etymology

thermo- +‎ halo- +‎ -cline

Noun

thermohalocline (plural thermohaloclines)

  1. (geography) A layer within a body of water or air where the temperature and salinity change rapidly with depth; a layer that is a combination of a thermocline and halocline.
    • 2013, Romero Aldemaro, The biology of hypogean fishes‎:
      Several taxa are known only from below the thermohalocline in the cave, namely Lasionectes exleyi Yager & Humphreys (Remipedia)
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