An Integrated Strategy for the Atlantic
... coastal communities once again see fishing as an attractive and stable means of making a living; where stakeholders fully participate in decisions and debate on policy implementation. The European Atlantic Strategy should help provide a delivery mechanism for this vision. The resource base is the be ...
... coastal communities once again see fishing as an attractive and stable means of making a living; where stakeholders fully participate in decisions and debate on policy implementation. The European Atlantic Strategy should help provide a delivery mechanism for this vision. The resource base is the be ...
Notes and Investigation
... The arrangement of the continents would certainly make circulation patterns different than they are today. For example, it seems like on the surface, there wouldn't be so many gyres, since there was only one giant ocean basin. There might have been more east-west movement and perhaps fewer north-sou ...
... The arrangement of the continents would certainly make circulation patterns different than they are today. For example, it seems like on the surface, there wouldn't be so many gyres, since there was only one giant ocean basin. There might have been more east-west movement and perhaps fewer north-sou ...
Chapter 4 Marine Sedimentation
... controlled by tides, waves and currents, but their influence decreases with water depth. • Shoreline turbulence prevents small particles from settling and transports them seaward where they are deposited in deeper water. • Particle size decreases seaward for recent sediments. • Past fluctuations of ...
... controlled by tides, waves and currents, but their influence decreases with water depth. • Shoreline turbulence prevents small particles from settling and transports them seaward where they are deposited in deeper water. • Particle size decreases seaward for recent sediments. • Past fluctuations of ...
Chapter 4 Marine Sedimentation
... controlled by tides, waves and currents, but their influence decreases with water depth. • Shoreline turbulence prevents small particles from settling and transports them seaward where they are deposited in deeper water. • Particle size decreases seaward for recent sediments. • Past fluctuations of ...
... controlled by tides, waves and currents, but their influence decreases with water depth. • Shoreline turbulence prevents small particles from settling and transports them seaward where they are deposited in deeper water. • Particle size decreases seaward for recent sediments. • Past fluctuations of ...
Ocean life - Oakton Community College
... • Lower surface temperatures are found in highlatitude regions • Higher temperatures found in low-latitude regions ...
... • Lower surface temperatures are found in highlatitude regions • Higher temperatures found in low-latitude regions ...
Patterns of life on the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
... has a high ratio of margin to deep water (Levin and Gooday, 2003). The most prominent ocean floor feature is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which extends 14,000 km continuously from Iceland in the north (87°N) to Bouvet Island (54°S) in the south, and rises 2,000–3,000 m above the seafloor (Figure 1). The ...
... has a high ratio of margin to deep water (Levin and Gooday, 2003). The most prominent ocean floor feature is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which extends 14,000 km continuously from Iceland in the north (87°N) to Bouvet Island (54°S) in the south, and rises 2,000–3,000 m above the seafloor (Figure 1). The ...
FROM: The Antarctic Coastal Current
... The Antarctic Coastal Current, also known as the East Wind Drift Current, is the southernmost current in the world. This current is the counter-current of the largest ocean current in the world, Antarctic Circumpolar Current. On the average, it flows westward and parallel to the Antarctic coastline. ...
... The Antarctic Coastal Current, also known as the East Wind Drift Current, is the southernmost current in the world. This current is the counter-current of the largest ocean current in the world, Antarctic Circumpolar Current. On the average, it flows westward and parallel to the Antarctic coastline. ...
Earth Science, 11e Ocean Water and Ocean Life Chapter 14
... high-latitude regions • Higher temperatures found in low-latitude regions ...
... high-latitude regions • Higher temperatures found in low-latitude regions ...
Ocean life
... Processes affecting seawater salinity • Variations in salinity are a consequence of changes in the water content of the ...
... Processes affecting seawater salinity • Variations in salinity are a consequence of changes in the water content of the ...
Chapter 14
... • Intertidal zone – area where land and ocean meet and overlap • Neritic zone – seaward from the low tide line, the continental shelf out to the shelf break • Oceanic zone – beyond the continental shelf ...
... • Intertidal zone – area where land and ocean meet and overlap • Neritic zone – seaward from the low tide line, the continental shelf out to the shelf break • Oceanic zone – beyond the continental shelf ...
File
... continuous mountain belt that extends from the Arctic Ocean down through the middle of the Atlantic Ocean around Africa into the Indian Ocean and across the Pacific Ocean. In the Atlantic it is called the midAtlantic Ridge and in the Pacific, the Pacific-Antarctica Ridge. ...
... continuous mountain belt that extends from the Arctic Ocean down through the middle of the Atlantic Ocean around Africa into the Indian Ocean and across the Pacific Ocean. In the Atlantic it is called the midAtlantic Ridge and in the Pacific, the Pacific-Antarctica Ridge. ...
Year-long float trajectories in the Labrador Sea Water of the eastern
... interior flow of roughly 1 cm/s. Mean speeds up to 3 cm/s were observed, with the highest values near the Azores Plateau. North of 45°N—55°N, mean eastward speeds closer to 0.2 cm/s were observed. Wind-generated barotropic fluctuations may be responsible for some part of the transport at this depth. ...
... interior flow of roughly 1 cm/s. Mean speeds up to 3 cm/s were observed, with the highest values near the Azores Plateau. North of 45°N—55°N, mean eastward speeds closer to 0.2 cm/s were observed. Wind-generated barotropic fluctuations may be responsible for some part of the transport at this depth. ...
Ocean life
... Processes affecting seawater salinity • Variations in salinity are a consequence of changes in the water content of the ...
... Processes affecting seawater salinity • Variations in salinity are a consequence of changes in the water content of the ...
Powerpoint
... In the thermocline, the water quickly gets colder the deeper you go This layer separates the warm, surface layer from the cool, deeper waters ...
... In the thermocline, the water quickly gets colder the deeper you go This layer separates the warm, surface layer from the cool, deeper waters ...
Ocean Floor Features
... • In some places, the continental shelf can be fairly shallow or deep, but it is not the deepest part of the ocean. “wishin’ I was knee deep in the water somewhere…” ...
... • In some places, the continental shelf can be fairly shallow or deep, but it is not the deepest part of the ocean. “wishin’ I was knee deep in the water somewhere…” ...
Chapter 4 Marine Sedimentation
... controlled by tides, waves and currents, but their influence decreases with water depth. • Shoreline turbulence prevents small particles from settling and transports them seaward where they are deposited in deeper water. • Particle size decreases seaward for recent sediments. • Past fluctuations of ...
... controlled by tides, waves and currents, but their influence decreases with water depth. • Shoreline turbulence prevents small particles from settling and transports them seaward where they are deposited in deeper water. • Particle size decreases seaward for recent sediments. • Past fluctuations of ...
Climatic variability in the Skagerrak and coastal waters of Norway
... The simulated flow of water masses has been analysed to determine whether there has been a change in volume flux. The variable inflow of Atlantic water to the Norwegian and North Seas will influence the hydrographic conditions along the Norwegian coast and in the Skagerrak. As the large-scale wind p ...
... The simulated flow of water masses has been analysed to determine whether there has been a change in volume flux. The variable inflow of Atlantic water to the Norwegian and North Seas will influence the hydrographic conditions along the Norwegian coast and in the Skagerrak. As the large-scale wind p ...
CHAPTER 11 The global ocean
... Locally, “southern” Britain docked with “northern” Britain as the Iapetus Ocean closed along the Iapetus Suture c. 380 Ma ago, just north of the Lake District. Closure of the Rheic Ocean came as Gondwana collided with Laurussia c. 100 Ma later; Britain lay close to the northern edge of the Variscan ...
... Locally, “southern” Britain docked with “northern” Britain as the Iapetus Ocean closed along the Iapetus Suture c. 380 Ma ago, just north of the Lake District. Closure of the Rheic Ocean came as Gondwana collided with Laurussia c. 100 Ma later; Britain lay close to the northern edge of the Variscan ...
floor features notes
... – Build fan-shaped deposits at the mouths of the canyons (abyssal fans) ...
... – Build fan-shaped deposits at the mouths of the canyons (abyssal fans) ...
Earth Science 16.1 Ocean Circulation
... It’s temperature and salinity remain relatively unchanged during the time it is in the deep ocean. Because of this, oceanographers can track the movements of density currents in the deep ocean. By knowing the temperature, density, and salinity of a water mass; scientists are able to map the slow cir ...
... It’s temperature and salinity remain relatively unchanged during the time it is in the deep ocean. Because of this, oceanographers can track the movements of density currents in the deep ocean. By knowing the temperature, density, and salinity of a water mass; scientists are able to map the slow cir ...
Cold ocean = hot summer? - Science Journal for Kids
... Next, we explored whether the cold ocean temperatures could possibly have affected the 2015 summer heat wave in Europe. Here’s how we hypothesized they might have done so: We knew that surface water temperatures in the ocean affect the atmosphere - warmer ocean waters give heat to the atmosphere, ma ...
... Next, we explored whether the cold ocean temperatures could possibly have affected the 2015 summer heat wave in Europe. Here’s how we hypothesized they might have done so: We knew that surface water temperatures in the ocean affect the atmosphere - warmer ocean waters give heat to the atmosphere, ma ...
Ocean Circulation - Thermohaline Circulation
... In closing, two ocean regions deserve special mention: the equatorial ocean and the extreme southern ocean. Equatorial regions have substantially different dynamics compared with models discussed above because Coriolis accelerations are negligible on the Equator, where f ¼ 0. The wind-related proces ...
... In closing, two ocean regions deserve special mention: the equatorial ocean and the extreme southern ocean. Equatorial regions have substantially different dynamics compared with models discussed above because Coriolis accelerations are negligible on the Equator, where f ¼ 0. The wind-related proces ...
Ocean
... • Surface ocean currents are driven by the circulation of wind above surface waters, interacting with evaporation, sinking of cold water at high latitudes, and the Coriolis force generated by the earth's rotation. Frictional stress at the interface between the ocean and the wind causes the water to ...
... • Surface ocean currents are driven by the circulation of wind above surface waters, interacting with evaporation, sinking of cold water at high latitudes, and the Coriolis force generated by the earth's rotation. Frictional stress at the interface between the ocean and the wind causes the water to ...
Exceptional influx of oceanic species into the North Sea late 1997
... Lucas (1933) noted that when doliolids appeared in the North Sea in 1911 and 1933, the summers were dry and warm with seasurface temperatures well above average. The appearance of Dolioletta gegenbauri in 1972 coincided with sea-surface temperatures above the long-term mean and exceptionally high sa ...
... Lucas (1933) noted that when doliolids appeared in the North Sea in 1911 and 1933, the summers were dry and warm with seasurface temperatures well above average. The appearance of Dolioletta gegenbauri in 1972 coincided with sea-surface temperatures above the long-term mean and exceptionally high sa ...
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceanic divisions, following the Pacific Ocean. With a total area of about 106,400,000 square kilometres (41,100,000 sq mi), it covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth's surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area. The first part of its name refers to Atlas of Greek mythology, making the Atlantic the ""Sea of Atlas"".The oldest known mention of ""Atlantic"" is in The Histories of Herodotus around 450 BC (Hdt. 1.202.4): Atlantis thalassa (Greek: Ἀτλαντὶς θάλασσα; English: Sea of Atlas). The term Ethiopic Ocean, derived from Ethiopia, was applied to the southern Atlantic as late as the mid-19th century. Before Europeans discovered other oceans, their term ""ocean"" was synonymous with the waters beyond the Strait of Gibraltar that are now known as the Atlantic. The early Greeks believed this ocean to be a gigantic river encircling the world.The Atlantic Ocean occupies an elongated, S-shaped basin extending longitudinally between Eurasia and Africa to the east, and the Americas to the west. As one component of the interconnected global ocean, it is connected in the north to the Arctic Ocean, to the Pacific Ocean in the southwest, the Indian Ocean in the southeast, and the Southern Ocean in the south (other definitions describe the Atlantic as extending southward to Antarctica). The equator subdivides it into the North Atlantic Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean.