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A global conveyor beltis a simple model of the large-scale thermohaline circulation. Deep-water forms in the North Atlantic, sinks, moves south, circulates around Antarctica, and finally enters the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic basins. This water is upwelled and returned in a surface circulation (ADD figure). It can take a thousand years for water from the North Atlanti [..]
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