Bottom Mixed Layer
Published: March 30, 2010, 12:00 am
Updated: October 26, 2011, 10:16 am
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C Michael HoganThe Bottom Mixed Layer (BML) is the middle of three layers into which the bottom 1000 meters (m) of the ocean are sometimes divided, with the other two being the Benthic Nepheloid Layer (BNL) and the Bottom Ekman Layer (BEL).
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The thickness of the BML typically ranges from 20 to 80 m, although values between ten to 150 m have been observed. The particle concentration within the BML is usually homogeneously mixed, although occasional episodes of local resuspension by strong bottom flows can change this.
See also
Further reading
- Physical Oceanography Index
- H. Klein and E. Mittelstaedt. Currents and dispersion in the abyssal Northeast Atlantic. Results from the NOAMP field program. DSR, 39:1727–1745, 1992.
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Steve Baum (Contributing Author);C Michael Hogan (Topic Editor) "Bottom Mixed Layer". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth March 30, 2010; Last revised Date October 26, 2011; Retrieved May 21, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Bottom_Mixed_Layer>
The Bottom Mixed Layer (BML) is the middle of three layers into which the bottom 1000 meters (m) of the ocean are sometimes divided, with the other two being the Benthic Nepheloid Layer (BNL) and the Bottom Ekman Layer (BEL).
| This article is written at a definitional level only. Authors wishing to expand this entry are inivited to expand the present treatment, which additions will be peer reviewed prior to publication of any expansion. |
The thickness of the BML typically ranges from 20 to 80 m, although values between ten to 150 m have been observed. The particle concentration within the BML is usually homogeneously mixed, although occasional episodes of local resuspension by strong bottom flows can change this.
See also
Further reading
- Physical Oceanography Index
- H. Klein and E. Mittelstaedt. Currents and dispersion in the abyssal Northeast Atlantic. Results from the NOAMP field program. DSR, 39:1727–1745, 1992.
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