Atlantic water on the Chukchi Shelf
An anomalously warm saline layer in the bottom of the shallow Chukchi Sea in August 1975 is believed due to a surge which drove water from the Atlantic Layer of the Arctic Ocean up onto the shelf. Two earlier occurrences of this kind of water in the Chukchi Sea have been identified in historical dat...
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Language: | English |
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
1976
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10945/29730 |
Summary: | An anomalously warm saline layer in the bottom of the shallow Chukchi Sea in August 1975 is believed due to a surge which drove water from the Atlantic Layer of the Arctic Ocean up onto the shelf. Two earlier occurrences of this kind of water in the Chukchi Sea have been identified in historical data. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Project Order No. 00010 NA Submitted to: Director, Arctic Submarine Laboratory Naval Undersea Center, San Diego, CA. http://archive.org/details/atlanticwateronc00bour |
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