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A COMPONENT OF LABRADOR SEA WATER IN THE BAY OF BISCAY
Author(s) -
Pingree R. D.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1973.18.5.0711
Subject(s) - salinity , bay , oceanography , ridge , geology , seawater , paleontology
The salinity minimum at about 1,900 m in the Bay of Biscay, which lies along a well‐defined line on a θ,S graph, is used to test the idea of large‐scale mixing along a neutral surface. Contours of temperature and salinity values along a neutral surface indicate that the source region responsible for the salinity minimum lies off the slopes of Newfoundland. This description gains support from the continuity of both the salinity minimum on a T,S curve across the mid‐Atlantic Ridge and the distribution of the oxygen saturation contours on the mid‐Atlantic Ridge.