Exceptionally strong near-bottom flows on the continental rise of Nova Scotia

Authors

M. J. Richardson, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
M. Wimbush, University of Rhode Island
L. Mayer, University of Rhode Island

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

1-1-1981

Abstract

Recent current velocity measurements across the lower continental rise of Nova Scotia show a deep equatorward flow with speeds (maximum, 73 centimeters per second) among the highest recorded for the deep sea. Silicate measurements indicate that this flow usually consists of southern-source (Antarctic) bottom water. These measurements confirm the existence of a second and deeper western boundary flow that was earlier inferred from geological observations. Copyright © 1981 AAAS.

Publication Title, e.g., Journal

Science

Volume

213

Issue

4510

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Richardson, M. J., M. Wimbush, and L. Mayer. "Exceptionally strong near-bottom flows on the continental rise of Nova Scotia." Science 213, 4510 (1981). doi: 10.1126/science.213.4510.887.