| The mechanism of forming two halocline layers in the Bering Sea could be attributed to the seasonal variations of temperature and mixing intensity in surface waters. |
| This process leaves dense, salty waters in the sea that sink over the continental shelf into the western Arctic Ocean and create a halocline. |
| In higher latitudinal areas of the North Pacific in which solar heating of the surface waters is low and rainfall is abundant, salinities increase markedly with depth through the halocline layer. |
| Less than 5m out from the shore, a mud bank shelves off steeply into the depths, passing through a thick halocline layer in the shallows. |
| Further in, the tunnel narrowed and shallowed slightly, until at 30m there was a distinct murky halocline. |
| The halocline prevents vertical mixing and thus the transport of oxygen to the lower water body. |
