abyssal circulation

hydrology
Also known as: deep ocean circulation

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thermohaline circulation

  • ocean currents
    In ocean current: Thermohaline circulation

    …to as the deep, or abyssal, ocean circulation. Measuring seawater temperature and salinity distribution is the chief method of studying the deep-flow patterns. Other properties also are examined; for example, the concentrations of oxygen, carbon-14, and such synthetically produced compounds as chlorofluorocarbons are measured to obtain resident times and spreading…

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