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relation to water waves

In wave: Internal waves
…may cause internal waves (dead water) if there is a shallow brackish upper layer.
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research of Ekman

In V. Walfrid Ekman
…in his study of so-called dead water, which causes slow-moving boats to become stuck because of a thin layer of nearly fresh water spreading over the sea from melting ice. This phenomenon, frequently occurring in fjords, seriously impeded the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen in Arctic waters. Ekman demonstrated by experiments…
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