North Atlantic Current Gulf Canary Stream Current Ekman transport forms dome . Which sinks ... com- pressing the layers beneath ... forcing those layers to spread Thermocoline is pushed deeper The hill is formed by Ekman transport. Water turns clockwise (inward) to form the dome, then descends, depressing the thermocline. Cangage learning

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Look again at as shown and consider the descending water. First, why does it stop descending? Second, which way is it most likely to go when it stops descending?

North Atlantic
Current
Gulf
Canary
Stream
Current
Ekman transport forms dome
. Which sinks ... com-
pressing the layers beneath
... forcing those
layers to spread
Thermocoline is pushed deeper
The hill is formed by Ekman transport. Water turns
clockwise (inward) to form the dome, then descends,
depressing the thermocline.
Cangage learning
Transcribed Image Text:North Atlantic Current Gulf Canary Stream Current Ekman transport forms dome . Which sinks ... com- pressing the layers beneath ... forcing those layers to spread Thermocoline is pushed deeper The hill is formed by Ekman transport. Water turns clockwise (inward) to form the dome, then descends, depressing the thermocline. Cangage learning
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