On the Origin of Deep Baffin Bay Water

A comparison of the temperature–salinity relationships of waters found in the Arctic Ocean, Baffin Bay and Smith Sound shows that the deep Baffin Bay water originates in the Arctic Ocean rather than through an influx of a mixture of Labrador Sea deep water and Baffin Bay surface water, the salinity...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
Main Author: Bailey, W. B.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1956
Subjects:
Arctic Ocean
Baffin Bay
Baffin
Labrador Sea
Smith sound
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f56-020
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f56-020
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Summary:A comparison of the temperature–salinity relationships of waters found in the Arctic Ocean, Baffin Bay and Smith Sound shows that the deep Baffin Bay water originates in the Arctic Ocean rather than through an influx of a mixture of Labrador Sea deep water and Baffin Bay surface water, the salinity of which has been increased sufficiently by freezing to cause the water to sink, as suggested previously by other investigators.

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