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

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

Link to Full Text

Share

COinS