ocean circulation

collocation in English

meaningsofoceanandcirculation

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ocean
noun
uk
/ˈəʊ.ʃən/us
/ˈoʊ.ʃən/
a very large area ...
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circulation
noun
uk
/ˌsɜː.kjəˈleɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌsɝː.kjəˈleɪ.ʃən/
the process in which something such as information, money, or goods passes from one person ...
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(Definition ofoceanandcirculationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Chapter 1 is a brief review ofoceancirculation, basic carbonate chemistry, and ecological factors such as nutrients in influencing carbonate production.
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They set out an overview of the distribution of major and trace chemicals in the oceans and provide a review ofoceancirculation.
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A different cause for the relation between sea-level, palaeotemperature andoceancirculationcould have been an increase in tectonic activity.
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The goal of this paper is to provide an introduction to the mathematical and computational modelling ofoceancirculation.
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The present section outlines some aspects of time discretization for numerical models ofoceancirculation.
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More localized aspects ofoceancirculationare also of interest, for scientific and societal reasons.
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The paper stresses the effects of sea-level change, and links to anoxia andoceancirculation, but we learn very little of the carbonate producers themselves.
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In addition, realisticoceancirculationmodels include nonlinearity, and this provides another mechanism for interactions between fast and slow motions.
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Changes in the ocean basin geometry could have been a cause for a reconfiguration ofoceancirculation, and could also account for sea-level changes, and subsequent changes in palaeobiogeography.
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Each description emphasises the influence of wind direction and strength, along withoceancirculation and tidal fluctuation, as affecting the width or presence of this lead.
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If they are to deal with climatic change, they will have to examine changing land use, changing salinity andoceancirculationand much else besides.
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Then there is the worldoceancirculationexperiment.
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Ice ages may occur because of changes inoceancirculationand continentality induced by plate tectonics.
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Sandstrom was principally concerned with the role of heating and cooling in driving such currents, and in the larger-scaleoceancirculationin general.
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These changes will have profound implications for global sea levels,oceancirculation, regional climate, and society.
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Surface heat and freshwater fluxes create global density gradients that drive the thermohaline circulation part of large-scaleoceancirculation.
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Changes in the position and elevation of the continents, the paleolatitude andoceancirculationaffect the glacio-epochs.
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The height variations of ocean surface topography can be as much as two meters and are influenced byoceancirculation, ocean temperature, and salinity.
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This may be due to bottom-water anoxia, or by changingoceancirculationpatterns changing the temperatures of the bottom water.
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