On the Origin of Shelf Water in the Middle Atlantic Bight

1989/03/01 by David C. Chapman, David Chapman, Robert C. Beardsley · 8 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena #Geological formations and processes

paper · pdf · doi:10.1175/1520-0485(1989)019<0384:otoosw>2.0.co;2

Abstract

Based on a limited set of available oxygen isotope measurements, it is hypothesized that the mean now in the Middle Atlantic Bight is part of a 5000 km-long buoyancy-driven, coastal current which originates along the southern coast of Greenland. This idea is consistent with most features of the known circulation of the region.

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