Sentences with phrase «great ocean conveyor belt»
... system known as the «thermohaline circulation» or «great ocean conveyor belt.»
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These range from few years (Beaufort gyre 4 years, Circumpolar current 8 years, Indian ocean gyre 10 years, N. Atlantic subpolar gyre 20 years etc.) up to above 100 years for some of the Pacific gyres, and finally the great ocean conveyor belt estimated at ~ 1600 years.