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Physical OceanographyPhysical oceanography is the study of the physical processes affecting and being driven by the Earth's oceans, including: - ocean currents, including:
- Water masses also North Atlantic Deep Water
- Tides also Tidal resonance, Tidal locking
- stability of the water column Density (sea water)
- mixing and turbulence fluid dynamics
- physical features and processes on the ocean floor: oceanic trench, continental slope, continental shelf, abyssal plain, oceanic ridge, black smokers, hydrothermal circulation, seamount, atoll, and others.
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