Science · 1966 · 518 citations · 18 references
Natural SciencesEarth SciencesOceanographyOcean CirculationPhysical OceanographySedimentologyContinental ShelfDeep Ocean CirculationDeep-sea CirculationOcean CurrentsSurface CurrentsThermohaline CirculationBottom CurrentsContinental Rise SedimentationContinental Rise TopographyContinental RisesDeep Current DynamicsSediment Redistribution By Deep-ocean CurrentsThermohaline Circulation DynamicsWorld Oceans
Geostrophic contour-following bottom currents involved in the deep thermohaline circulation of the world ocean appear to be the principal agents which control the shape of the continental rise and other sediment bodies.
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Atlantic Deep-Sea Sediment Cores
David B. Ericson, Maurice Ewing, Goesta Wollin et al. · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1961 · 426 citations
Deep-sea current evidence from abyssal sediments
Bruce C. Heezen, Charles D. Hollister · Marine Geology · 1964 · 238 citations
Suspended Matter in Deep Ocean Water
Maurice Ewing, Edward M. Thorndike · Science · 1965 · 157 citations