Deep salty current threads the world's oceans, compensating for the transport of water vapor by the atmosphere
Download und Nutzung frei : Titel Register der Originalablage: Carbonate rocks general. Light blue arrows indicate shallow return flow. The current originates in the North Atlantic, where northwand-flowing warm water that is unusually saline (and therefore dense) because of excess evaporation is chi...
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ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv
1965
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.3932/ethz-a-001201453 http://ba.e-pics.ethz.ch/link.jsp?id=1276963 |
| Summary: | Download und Nutzung frei : Titel Register der Originalablage: Carbonate rocks general. Light blue arrows indicate shallow return flow. The current originates in the North Atlantic, where northwand-flowing warm water that is unusually saline (and therefore dense) because of excess evaporation is chilled, which increases its density further. It sinks into the abyss and flows southward, out of the Atlantic. Most of the salty water that is supplied by this Atlantic "conveyor" mixes upward in the Pacific, making up for excess precipitation there. The Atlantic conveyor - and probably the entire system - was disrupted during glacial time. |
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