Excepftonally strong near-bottom flows on the continental rise of nova scotia. Academic Article

abstract

• Recent current velocity measurements across the lower continental rise of Nova Scotia show a deep equatorwardflow 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 inferredfrom geological observations.

authors

• Richardson, Mary

published proceedings

• Science

author list (cited authors)

• Richardson, M. J., Wimbush, M., & Mayer, L

citation count

• 93

complete list of authors

• Richardson, MJ||Wimbush, M||Mayer, L

publication date

• August 1981

publisher

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)  Publisher

published in

• Science  Journal

keywords

• 0404 Geophysics

PubMed Central ID

• 17775272

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1126/science.213.4510.887

start page

• 887

end page

• 888

volume

• 213

issue

• 4510

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.213.4510.887