Dynamic Planet B/C

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Re: Dynamic Planet B/C

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The CCD is the Calcite Compensation Depth.

Basically Calcium Carbonate dissolves due to the lower temperature, higher pressure, high CO2 content, and acidity of the water at this depth.
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Correct! Your turn!
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What are the four major classes of estuaries?

Also, what are the four main types of water mixing in estuaries?
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1- tectonic 2- bar-built 3- coastal plain 4- fjord
As for the water mixing, is it salt wedge, partially mixed, well mixed, and fjord type estuaries? I have no idea.
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Close! You got the classes of estuaries correct, however, the four main types of water mixing in estuaries are:
1) Vertically Mixed
2) Slightly Stratified
3) Highly Stratified
4) Salt Wedge

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Tacocat332 wrote:Close! You got the classes of estuaries correct, however, the four main types of water mixing in estuaries are:
1) Vertically Mixed
2) Slightly Stratified
3) Highly Stratified
4) Salt Wedge

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Oh, okay, thanks for the correction!

What does Forchammer's Principle state?
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chscioly wrote:Oh, okay, thanks for the correction!

What does Forchammer's Principle state?
The proportion of dissolved solids in seawater is to be seen as uniform throughout. (Concentration in one place is relatively the same as in another).
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Correct! Your turn!
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Since nobody is posting, Ill start it off again
What is the order of the seafloor sections starting from the Abyssal Plain to the shore?
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