suboxic

Meaning

1. adjective Describing a zone of water, between the oxic and anoxic zones, in which the concentration of oxygen (and sulfur) is very low

Similar words

diagenesis superoxygenated subcooled semioxygenated sulfuretted semidilute eutectic postoxygenator hypothermal hypoosmotic

Often followed by

zone layer diagenesis conditions and sediments waters to zones water