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Evidence of an effect of heat flux from the East Pacific Rise upon the characteristics of the mid‐depth waters
Author(s) -
Reid Joseph L.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl009i004p00381
Subject(s) - isopycnal , geology , crest , oceanography , flux (metallurgy) , pacific ocean , deep ocean water , heat flux , heat flow , climatology , thermohaline circulation , heat transfer , geography , meteorology , thermal , physics , materials science , quantum mechanics , metallurgy , thermodynamics
On an isopycnal surface that lies at mid‐depth in the South Pacific Ocean there is a zone of high temperature near 10°S ‐ 20°S. Heat flux into the water from the crest of the East Pacific Rise and westward flow of the heated water may account for this temperature pattern.