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Paleooceanography and Sea-level Changes

Paleooceanography and Sea-level Changes. Chapter 6. Information about past history of the ocean basins comes from Magnetic anomalies and related data The seafloor sediments These retain a record of the events in the overlying waters Also can tell us about sea level change.

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GEOSTROPHIC (WIND-DRIVEN) CIRCULATION

S. GEOSTROPHIC (WIND-DRIVEN) CIRCULATION. Surface winds Ekman Spiral Eastern and Western Boundary Currents Upwelling Surface Currents Gyre Formation Sea Surface Topography Mass Transport Gulf Stream Rings Gulf of Mexico Rings. P. Ocean currents and climate. ZONAL ISOTHERMS.

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A Cross Section along the Western Atlantic Ocean

A Cross Section along the Western Atlantic Ocean. Antarctic Intermediate Water. ?. ?. North Atlantic Deep Water. Antarctic Bottom Water ?.

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Quantifying eddy transport and mixing in atmospheric and oceanic flows

Quantifying eddy transport and mixing in atmospheric and oceanic flows. Emily Shuckburgh DAMTP, Cambridge. Eddies in the Southern Ocean. Southern Ocean & Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). Do eddies play order-one role in dynamics of ACC? Does the ACC act as a barrier to transport?

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Antarctic Circumpolar Current

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Humboldt Current System

Humboldt Current System. Holly Gonzales December 4, 2013. Characteristics. Eastern boundary of subtropical South Pacific Gyre B ordering Chile and Peru Cold water current Mean surface speed: 6 cm/s Shallow: ~100 m Driven by alongshore equatorward winds

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