Sentences with phrase «distinct water layers»

The sinkhole is also where the freshwater supplying the subterranean estuary comes from — rainfall and salt water from the ocean feed into it to form the distinct water layers found there.

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Many sandstone formations show layers of some type, signs they were laid down over time in distinct episodes by wind or flowing water.
That's likely because the water column was still separated into distinct saltwater and mostly freshwater layers — and hadn't started turning over at high rates, Schmidt says.
These general consistencies point out again that water layers of differing temperature really do not mix easily and tend to stay distinct.
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