NORTH-ATLANTIC CURRENTS

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Surface currents in the western North Atlantic during the Last Glacial Maximum

[1] During the last ice age, the density gradient across the Florida Current was reduced, implying a reduction in the flow of the Gulf Stream through the Florida Straits. Here we investigate the possibility that a significant portion of this wind-driven western boundary flow bypassed the Florida Straits during glacial times due to either changes in bathymetry induced by the sea level drop or ch...

Monoplacophorans in the North Atlantic

Neopilina zografi, originally described as belonging to the Gastropoda by Dautzenberg and Fischer (1896), is shown to be the first named of ali Recent Monoplacophora. It is known from fQur shells in the bathyal zone of the Azores (1385-1600 m) and represents the first record of the class in the Northern Atlantic. Oceanol. Acta, 1983, 6, 2, 117-118. RÉSUMÉ Présence de monoplacophores dans l'Atla...