stratification

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This influx of freshwater freshened the surface ocean, strengthening vertical stratification and preventing cold surface water from mixing downward.

From Science Daily

This interplay is governed by the layering, or stratification, of different water masses and by the strength of ocean currents.

From Science Daily

Peggy and William’s relationship overcomes social barriers having to do with class disparity and internalized racist stratification within the East Coast’s Black elite.

From Salon

Reale and other FireAid organizers admit that the scale of aid needed is staggering, universally painful yet fraught with class and racial stratification.

From Los Angeles Times

The stratification that normally occurs at the end of September was stable.

From Science Daily