Sustainable Use of Our Oceans – Making Ideas Work
... faceted, creating something of a barrier to understanding and making the lessons to be ...
... faceted, creating something of a barrier to understanding and making the lessons to be ...
Do mantle plumes exist?
... core. The alternative is whether most mid-plate and linear-chain volcanism like that of ridges and arcs and is directly related to the platetectonic cycle in the shallow mantle. Foulger states that the plume hypothesis, as it is applied today, requires that Earth dynamics be driven by plate tectonic ...
... core. The alternative is whether most mid-plate and linear-chain volcanism like that of ridges and arcs and is directly related to the platetectonic cycle in the shallow mantle. Foulger states that the plume hypothesis, as it is applied today, requires that Earth dynamics be driven by plate tectonic ...
3 Atmospheric Motion - McGraw Hill Higher Education
... which occurs on either side of the equator. What controls the existence and location of circulation cells, and how do the Hadley Cells influence global weather and climate? ...
... which occurs on either side of the equator. What controls the existence and location of circulation cells, and how do the Hadley Cells influence global weather and climate? ...
Sea Animals and Sound by Michael Stocker
... scant due to the scarcity of research on molluscan senses. This is also the case with the crustacians – shrimp, crabs and lobsters, and Cnidaria – jellyfish, anemones and hydroid plankton. These last are included herein because their primitive organs of motion sensing, balance and location are consi ...
... scant due to the scarcity of research on molluscan senses. This is also the case with the crustacians – shrimp, crabs and lobsters, and Cnidaria – jellyfish, anemones and hydroid plankton. These last are included herein because their primitive organs of motion sensing, balance and location are consi ...
Break-up and seafloor spreading domains in the NE Atlantic
... asymmetries greater than 50%. Note that poor age control on various regions of the Greenland-Faroe Ridge and between the Jan Mayen microcontinent and Iceland Plateau led to less reliable models of spreading rate and asymmetry and these areas are masked on our maps (Fig. 4). Break-up and early seafl ...
... asymmetries greater than 50%. Note that poor age control on various regions of the Greenland-Faroe Ridge and between the Jan Mayen microcontinent and Iceland Plateau led to less reliable models of spreading rate and asymmetry and these areas are masked on our maps (Fig. 4). Break-up and early seafl ...
Dynamic Topography and Long-Term Sea-Level Variations
... surface of the planet. Thus local changes in sea level arise from variations in the radial ...
... surface of the planet. Thus local changes in sea level arise from variations in the radial ...
Oceanography of the Canadian Shelf of the Beaufort Sea: A Setting
... resident (e.g., seals, bears, fish) and migratory (e.g., birds, fish, whales) populations (Dickson and Gilchrist, 2002; Harwood and Smith, 2002; Stirling, 2002). These animals are adapted not only to endure the environmental extremes characteristic of this region (e.g., ice cover, large temperature ...
... resident (e.g., seals, bears, fish) and migratory (e.g., birds, fish, whales) populations (Dickson and Gilchrist, 2002; Harwood and Smith, 2002; Stirling, 2002). These animals are adapted not only to endure the environmental extremes characteristic of this region (e.g., ice cover, large temperature ...
Eurasia spreading basin to Laptev Shelf transition: structural pattern
... 1978; Grachev 1982). Nevertheless, this area has for a long time remained an enigmatic site of rift to drift transition since the spreading ridge/continental margin intersection occurs entirely under a remote ice-covered northern sea. Before the mid-1980s the outline of the predicted rift system ben ...
... 1978; Grachev 1982). Nevertheless, this area has for a long time remained an enigmatic site of rift to drift transition since the spreading ridge/continental margin intersection occurs entirely under a remote ice-covered northern sea. Before the mid-1980s the outline of the predicted rift system ben ...
Breakthrough the Discontinuity: 21st Century Mohole
... plays a major role in differentiation and evolution of the Earth’s interior and the surface environment. Upwelling asthenosphere adiabatically melts to fractionate magma to form crust and the residual mantle through the Moho discontinuity. Hydrothermal circulation from the crust into the uppermost m ...
... plays a major role in differentiation and evolution of the Earth’s interior and the surface environment. Upwelling asthenosphere adiabatically melts to fractionate magma to form crust and the residual mantle through the Moho discontinuity. Hydrothermal circulation from the crust into the uppermost m ...
Ocean Conservation Strategies and the Next Decade of Marine
... toward supporting conservation and management efforts in the region.18 In addition, the Science subprogram—launched in 201019 and focused on supporting some key science institutions and improving the use of scientific knowledge to meet critical conservation challenges—is cutting across all of the re ...
... toward supporting conservation and management efforts in the region.18 In addition, the Science subprogram—launched in 201019 and focused on supporting some key science institutions and improving the use of scientific knowledge to meet critical conservation challenges—is cutting across all of the re ...
Ocean Conservation Strategies and the Next Decade of Marine
... toward supporting conservation and management efforts in the region.18 In addition, the Science subprogram—launched in 201019 and focused on supporting some key science institutions and improving the use of scientific knowledge to meet critical conservation challenges—is cutting across all of the re ...
... toward supporting conservation and management efforts in the region.18 In addition, the Science subprogram—launched in 201019 and focused on supporting some key science institutions and improving the use of scientific knowledge to meet critical conservation challenges—is cutting across all of the re ...
Earth and Planetary Science Letters The Cretaceous opening of the
... long period of stable polarity of the geomagnetic field, the Cretaceous Normal Superchron (CNS, lasted between ∼121 and 83.6 Myr ago). We present a new identification of magnetic anomalies located within the southern South Atlantic magnetic quiet zones that have arisen due to past variations in the ...
... long period of stable polarity of the geomagnetic field, the Cretaceous Normal Superchron (CNS, lasted between ∼121 and 83.6 Myr ago). We present a new identification of magnetic anomalies located within the southern South Atlantic magnetic quiet zones that have arisen due to past variations in the ...
Enrichment of silicate and CO2 and circulation of the bottom water in
... The circulation of the Weddell Sea is dominated by a large, elongated cyclonic gyre. In the west the gyre is bounded by the Antarctic Peninsula and in the east it extends to about 30°E (Orsi et al., 1993). In the latter region the gyre is supplied with Circumpolar Deep Water of the Antarctic Circump ...
... The circulation of the Weddell Sea is dominated by a large, elongated cyclonic gyre. In the west the gyre is bounded by the Antarctic Peninsula and in the east it extends to about 30°E (Orsi et al., 1993). In the latter region the gyre is supplied with Circumpolar Deep Water of the Antarctic Circump ...
Summary Report of the first training workshop
... making efforts on the research and monitoring of ocean acidification. In view of the pressing need to draw the attention of high-level policy-makers and relevant stakeholders in the region to ocean acidification, the workshop established a task force to start formulating, with technical assistance o ...
... making efforts on the research and monitoring of ocean acidification. In view of the pressing need to draw the attention of high-level policy-makers and relevant stakeholders in the region to ocean acidification, the workshop established a task force to start formulating, with technical assistance o ...
Mapping and Monitoring Large-Scale Ocean Fronts Off the
... 1983), although numerous attempts have been made. According to Owen (1981), for example, “a front is a line or linear zone that defines an axis of laterally convergent flow, below or above which vertical motion is induced.” Frontal boundaries are often so pronounced that they are easily observed aboar ...
... 1983), although numerous attempts have been made. According to Owen (1981), for example, “a front is a line or linear zone that defines an axis of laterally convergent flow, below or above which vertical motion is induced.” Frontal boundaries are often so pronounced that they are easily observed aboar ...
Multipurpose Acoustic Networks in the Integrated Arctic Ocean
... needed for long-term climate change monitoring over many decades (the typical operational life of cabled systems). Acquiring and installing a cabled system can be as costly as acquiring a research ship; however, these costs are competitive when amortized over the multi-decade lifetime of the system. ...
... needed for long-term climate change monitoring over many decades (the typical operational life of cabled systems). Acquiring and installing a cabled system can be as costly as acquiring a research ship; however, these costs are competitive when amortized over the multi-decade lifetime of the system. ...
Three dimensional shear wave velocity structure of crust and upper
... in the crust and the upper mantle, especially in oceans or desert areas. Traditional method utilizes the great circle theorem for surface waves. It assumed that surface wave propagates along the great circle connecting epicenter with station. Firstly, traditional surface wave analysis was carried ou ...
... in the crust and the upper mantle, especially in oceans or desert areas. Traditional method utilizes the great circle theorem for surface waves. It assumed that surface wave propagates along the great circle connecting epicenter with station. Firstly, traditional surface wave analysis was carried ou ...
link to answer key. - Warren County Schools
... _______ is the process by which hot material from deep within the Earth rises while cooler material near the surface sinks. ...
... _______ is the process by which hot material from deep within the Earth rises while cooler material near the surface sinks. ...
Interannual variability in the thermal structure of an oceanic time
... Temperature anomalies and their relationship with El Niñ Niño events Positive SST anomalies at station La Libertad, varying in magnitude and duration, were associated with recent moderate and strong El Niño events from 1991/92, 1997/98, and 2002/03. During the onset of El Niño 1991/92, the thermocli ...
... Temperature anomalies and their relationship with El Niñ Niño events Positive SST anomalies at station La Libertad, varying in magnitude and duration, were associated with recent moderate and strong El Niño events from 1991/92, 1997/98, and 2002/03. During the onset of El Niño 1991/92, the thermocli ...
Stable isotope technique for evaluation of organic matter movement
... Saino[8], Carpenter[9J). Our present study attempted to use stable carbon and nitrogen isotope techniques to clarify the movement of terrestrial organic matter and understand the environmental status of the Osaka Bay. The Osaka Bay is located at the eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea, Japan. This b ...
... Saino[8], Carpenter[9J). Our present study attempted to use stable carbon and nitrogen isotope techniques to clarify the movement of terrestrial organic matter and understand the environmental status of the Osaka Bay. The Osaka Bay is located at the eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea, Japan. This b ...
SCRS/2014/176
... Multiple Opening and Closing Net Environmental Sensing System (MOCNESS) was used to collect vertical distribution data for larval fish and zooplankton. MOCNESS samples were taken in 10-meter increments from 50 meters to the surface. All collections were sorted and identified at the Southeast Fisher ...
... Multiple Opening and Closing Net Environmental Sensing System (MOCNESS) was used to collect vertical distribution data for larval fish and zooplankton. MOCNESS samples were taken in 10-meter increments from 50 meters to the surface. All collections were sorted and identified at the Southeast Fisher ...
State Water Resources Control Board Division of Water Quality Arnold Schwarzenegger
... quality protection area as “a nonterrestrial marine or estuarine area designated to protect marine species or biological communities from an undesirable alteration in natural water quality, including, but not limited to, areas of special biological significance that have been designated by the State ...
... quality protection area as “a nonterrestrial marine or estuarine area designated to protect marine species or biological communities from an undesirable alteration in natural water quality, including, but not limited to, areas of special biological significance that have been designated by the State ...
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current The ACC is the world`s only
... Phytoplanktonic communities comprise at least three main size classes of algae: picoplankton (<2 µm), nanoplankton (2-20 µm) and microplankton (>20 µm). Blooms of microplanktonic and nanoplanktonic algae (e.g., diatoms, dinoflagellates, colonial and flagellated Phaeocystis cells) are mostly detected ...
... Phytoplanktonic communities comprise at least three main size classes of algae: picoplankton (<2 µm), nanoplankton (2-20 µm) and microplankton (>20 µm). Blooms of microplanktonic and nanoplanktonic algae (e.g., diatoms, dinoflagellates, colonial and flagellated Phaeocystis cells) are mostly detected ...
Iodine Isotopes and their Species in Surface Water from the
... 2004) and the Baltic Sea (Yi et al., 2010). In the thesis presented here, a focus is given on exploring distribution of iodine isotopes (127I and 129I) and their species (iodide and iodate) along a transect across the North Sea passing by the English Channel and into the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. ...
... 2004) and the Baltic Sea (Yi et al., 2010). In the thesis presented here, a focus is given on exploring distribution of iodine isotopes (127I and 129I) and their species (iodide and iodate) along a transect across the North Sea passing by the English Channel and into the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. ...
MM5final - San Jose State University
... al. (2000). Nudging is a continuous form of FDDA that “relaxes” model results toward the “correct solution” by artificial tendency terms in the prognostic equations. In the current application these terms depend on differences between MM5 values and linearly interpolated (in time and space) global a ...
... al. (2000). Nudging is a continuous form of FDDA that “relaxes” model results toward the “correct solution” by artificial tendency terms in the prognostic equations. In the current application these terms depend on differences between MM5 values and linearly interpolated (in time and space) global a ...
Physical oceanography
Physical oceanography is the study of physical conditions and physical processes within the ocean, especially the motions and physical properties of ocean waters.Physical oceanography is one of several sub-domains into which oceanography is divided. Others include biological, chemical and geological oceanographies.