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Ocean trivia time
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"John H" wrote in message
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On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:45:59 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:
On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:31:27 -0500, John H
wrote:
On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:37:08 -0500, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:
"Tom Francis" wrote in message
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On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 12:29:28 -0500, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:
OK, all you word junkies, last night someone said they'd heard a word
used
to describe the zone where fresh water meets salt water. I said
"estuary"
and she said "No - a different word. Heard it in a documentary. It was
a
pretty word. One word, not two."
There was wine involved in this discussion, so the word may not exist.
Begin
throwing words....NOW! :-)
Firth? Fjord?
Nope. And I don't know the answer, so this isn't a newsgroup quiz. It's
out
there somewhere....
Halocline?
"Haloclines are also found in fjords, and poorly mixed estuaries where
fresh water is deposited at the ocean surface.
A halocline can be easily created and observed in a drinking glass or
other
clear vessel. If fresh water is slowly poured over a quantity of salt
water, using a spoon held horizontally at water-level to prevent mixing,
a
hazy interface layer, the halocline, will soon be visible due to the
varying index of refraction across the boundary."
from Wikipedia
I thought halocline, if there was such a word, would be layers of
different salinity, one atop one another. Sure enough, bu that's not
what is under discussion.
Casady
What? We got a female, who heard a word on a documentary, who was into
some
wine, talking about a 'pretty' word...and you say it can't be 'halocline'.
The definition fits, and 'halocline' is a much prettier word than
'brackish' or 'estuary'. (Although 'estuary' isn't too ugly.)
--
** Good Day! **
John H
Maybe she heard it in French: estuaire
It is possible that she was drunk and had no idea what she was babbling.
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