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Page 58
... Gulf Stream as just a great river snaking across the North Atlantic . They regard it , rather , as a barrier separating cold Arctic waters from the warm Sargasso Sea . " The intensity of flow of the Stream , the Stream's direc- tion ...
... Gulf Stream as just a great river snaking across the North Atlantic . They regard it , rather , as a barrier separating cold Arctic waters from the warm Sargasso Sea . " The intensity of flow of the Stream , the Stream's direc- tion ...
Page 59
... Gulf Stream . In contrast , a normal oceanic current lazes along at a pace of a half to one mile an hour , and as a rule the Gulf Stream seldom exceeds 4 to 5 miles an hour . In time , oceanographers learned that the Gulf Stream is ...
... Gulf Stream . In contrast , a normal oceanic current lazes along at a pace of a half to one mile an hour , and as a rule the Gulf Stream seldom exceeds 4 to 5 miles an hour . In time , oceanographers learned that the Gulf Stream is ...
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... Gulf area as a means of ascertaining that the seiche was not caused by differential barometric pressure , which would make its timing simply a matter of coincidence . However , the timing of the first sea wave arrival on Gulf coast tide ...
... Gulf area as a means of ascertaining that the seiche was not caused by differential barometric pressure , which would make its timing simply a matter of coincidence . However , the timing of the first sea wave arrival on Gulf coast tide ...
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