Turbidity Current in Navajo Canyon

[Marina Bum]

Lake powell most certainly has a thermocline, the depth of it just depends on the time of year.

A distinct layer though where one is clear and cold and the upper warmer and they never mix? I think I read that it’s not traditional like basins type stagnant lakes because of the current of the river. I’m asking, I really don’t know if that’s true

Some of my friends I used to dive with were into diving basin type lakes and described above the thermocline to be murky and warm but once they descended through it got much colder and clear.

But a thermal turnover could explain the video

 

[svivian]

A distinct layer though where one is clear and cold and the upper warmer and they never mix? I think I read that it’s not traditional like, like basins type stagnant lake because of the current if the river. I’m asking, I really don’t know if that’s true

Some of my friends I used to dive with were into diving basin type lakes and described above the thermocline to be murky and warm but once they descended through it it got much colder and clear

Correct. Ive dove lake powell over 100ft deep and found various stages of thermocline through out the water column. Usually after 80ft it clears up substantially. Again it depends on the time of year/conditions.