Dictionary definition: Great Ocean Conveyor Belt

Great Ocean Conveyor Belt (GOC) The principal subsurface oceanic circulation system. It is a thermohaline circulation , primarily driven by the intense evaporation and cooling that occurs in the North Atlantic. This creates a downwelling of dense, saline bottom water , which flows south ...

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