Deep Ocean Currents | Ocean Currents Part 3

In the deep ocean currents circulate due to varying temperatures and salinities affecting the density of water masses. This is referred to as the thermohaline circulation. The great ocean conveyor belt describes the general circulation pattern of the deep ocean and starts with the North Atlantic Deep Water being formed. The water the moves south towards Antarctica where it meets and moves over top of the Antarctic Bottom Water. These two water masses then move farther south and join an eastward current around the edge of Antarctica. This current breaks into two section one moving into the Indian Ocean and the other into the North Pacific, eventually upwelling. The warm waters then circulate back around the globe, eventually returning to the North Atlantic where the conveyor belt begins. The ocean conveyor belt has an important impact on our climate and the deep water transport of dissolved nutrients

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Townsend, D.W. 2012. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An introduction to Marine Science. Sinauer Associates, Inc. Sunderland, Massachusets, USA. pp 185-189

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[michelle-bedr]

atmospheric circulation pt 3
the wind only affects 1000m when the ocean can go 4000m. thermohailine is what cause currents in the ocean and affect is density. water masses have temp and salinity circulations. the ice cools the surrounding water which cause it to sink as less dense. the water at higher latitudes is too shallow for deep water masses to form. the mediterranean sea receives little precipitation and creates water masses with higher salinity. the ocean conveyor best starts in iceland then goes south with high salinity then moves to antartica then moves to two sections on into the indian and on into north pacific oceans. this belt brings nutrients into these oceans. and they meet back in the north atlantic where the belt began.

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[kevslighthouse]

What is the depth of the Great Ocean Conveyor Belt after it up-wells and does it interact with the surface ocean currents at all?