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northwest flow along the west flank of the Bermuda Rise,<br />

both contai ni ng AABW.<br />

The present observations extend the southerly flow of<br />

181<br />

the Western Boundary Undercurrent into the regi on of the<br />

Greater Ahtil1esOuter Ridge and indicate additional contri-<br />

butions of colder AABW in the deep southwestern basin of<br />

the western North Atlantic Ocean. The added easterly<br />

flowing AABW comprises the bottom water circulating<br />

around<br />

the Greater Antilles Outer Ridge, and it lies immediately<br />

beneath the wa rme r wate r fl owi n9 in from the 1 owe r con ti nen ta 1<br />

ri se further north.<br />

The transport of sediment from the northern conti nental<br />

margin of North America to the Greater Antilles Outer Ridge<br />

by this current system is considered in the following<br />

chapter, and the implications of its effect on the history<br />

of sedimentation on the Greater Antilles Outer Ridge are<br />

considered in Chapter VIII.<br />

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