Internal waves in the oceans

These oscillations occur within the oceans

as a result of density variations (or
stratifications) within the oceans. They
are important in large scale transport,
mixing, food chain and nutrient
distributions.
 Tides
Periodic oscillations of the sea levels due
to gravitational pull of astronomical
objects.
 Continental Shelf
Underwater landmass extending from a
continent, resulting in a relatively
shallow body of water.
 Breaking Waves
Large amplitude waves where significant
deviations from sinusoidal profiles are
attained. In practice, a large amount
of turbulent kinetic energy is
generated and ‘white caps’ are
observed at the peaks.