English Explanatory Dictionary

deep scattering layer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A layer of the ocean lying usually 300-500 metres deep composed of dense concentrations of pelagic animal life, that moves depending on the time of day, up at night and down during the day. It sometimes appear as if it were the seabed on sonar scopes, due to the density of life in the layer.

Word forms

deep scattering layer deep scattering layers

Etymology

From being a layer of the ocean that lies deep, and scatters sonar signals.

Synonyms

DSL ECR layer Eyring-Christensen-Raitt layer false bottom phantom bottom sound scattering layer SSL

Derived words

DSL
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