Geological Effects of the Gulf Stream System in the North American Basin.

The Gulf Stream System contains a clockwise rotating set of bottom currents which influence the sea bed in the northern North American Basin. It is possible to interpret the present-day and historical record of current activity in this basin in terms of the deep flow of the Gulf Stream. This interpr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Laine,Edward P
Other Authors: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MASS
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1978
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
*SEDIMENT TRANSPORT
*GULF STREAM
*SEDIMENTATION
OCEAN CURRENTS
THESES
CONTINENTAL SHELVES
SEISMIC DATA
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
OCEAN BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY
OCEAN BOTTOM SOILS
OCEAN RIDGES
OCEANOGRAPHY
LITHOLOGY
TURBIDITY CURRENTS
Ocean eddies
WUNR083004
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA049557
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Summary:The Gulf Stream System contains a clockwise rotating set of bottom currents which influence the sea bed in the northern North American Basin. It is possible to interpret the present-day and historical record of current activity in this basin in terms of the deep flow of the Gulf Stream. This interpretation provides a much more satisfactory and consistent explanation of the geologic record than previous interpretations based strictly on the influence of the classic abyssal circulation.

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