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Together with these causes for deepwater formation the following process may be responsible for intermediate water (600-1,200 m) formation: Cooling in winter does not lead to a complete suspension of density stratification, but causes the density horizons to be lifted strongest at the location of most severe cooling. The equal density surfaces (isopycnals) Modelling the Global Carbon Cyc1e 43 Table 1. 1013m3ja) NADW: North Atlantic Deep Water AABW: Antarctic Bottom Water thus exhibit a slope along which water masses may glide downwards the horizontal velocity component being by far larger than the vertical one.
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