On the Origins of Currents on the Southeastern Great Bahama Bank

Abstract

The Tongue of the Ocean, Bahama Islands, exhibits certain features of salinity and temperature variation which have been attributed to tidal currents entering the Tongue across the eastern and western Bahama Banks. To test the validity of this theory on the eastern bank, current measurements were made at a point on the narrowest portion of that bank. The results of the measurements indicate that the tidal currents across the eastern bank are not directed so that they are the primary sources of water transport to the Tongue, but rather parallel the edge of the Tongue. The consistency of the measurements over the observed period indicates that tides are the primary origin of currents in the southeastern Bahama Bank, and that these currents are consistent throughout the depth of bank water and are not the result of laminar flow.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1966
Accession Number
ADA575537

Entities

People

  • Leonard Levin

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Chemical Properties
  • Flow
  • Islands
  • Laminar Flow
  • Measurement
  • North Atlantic Ocean
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Physical Oceanography
  • Salinity
  • Sea Water
  • Shallow Water
  • Surface Properties
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Tidal Currents
  • Tongue Of The Ocean

Fields of Study

  • Geology

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  • Oceanography.