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eference level above the crest of the ridge. If the 4700 m<br />

surface is used, the flow represents AABW only; with the<br />

4300 m surface, it i ncl udes NADW up to a temperature of<br />

about 1.930e.<br />

The calculations involving ATLANTIS II Station 1837 in<br />

section 4 across the crest of the Greater Antilles Outer<br />

Ridge (Fig. 6.2) were made with salinities taken from the<br />

mean e/S curve for the regi on because sal i ni ty observati ons<br />

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at 4693 m and 4891 m were anomalously fresh by about 0.030/00.<br />

No other observations departed more than 0.01°/00 from the<br />

mean curve. Using the observed salinities would have created<br />

a counterclockwise circulation around Station 1837 of about<br />

0.3 x 106m3/sec b~t would not have affected the other<br />

transport val ues.<br />

A circulation pattern for the region based on the<br />

values in Table 6.2 and on the calculations between the end'<br />

stations using the 4300 m reference level shows the<br />

f 011 ow i n g (F i g. 6. 7) :<br />

1) A flow composed largely of Antarctic Bottom Water<br />

westward through the northern section of the Vema Gap.<br />

2) A southeasterly flow of approximately the same<br />

magnitude, composed of AABW and NADW, along the Caicos Outer<br />

Ridge, most of which turns northward and then northwestward<br />

following the general trend of the bathymetric contours.<br />

This flow is considered to be the southern extension of the<br />

Western Boundary Undercurrent. Since Section 6 is not closed<br />

off tot h e B a ham a Ban k s (F i g. 6. 2), i tis po s sib 1 e t hat a<br />

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