TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Title Page i 



Abstract iii 



Table of Contents v 



List of Illustrations v 



List of Tables vi 



Introduction 1 



Procedures for Data Acquisition and Processing 1 



Analysis of Data .. 2 



Introduction 2 



North Atlantic Central Water 2 



North Atlantic Current 3 



Subarctic Intermediate Water 3 



Mediterranean Water 5 



Labrador Sea Water 6 



Mixture of Labrador Sea Water with Northeast Atlantic 



Deep Water 6 



North Atlantic Deep Water 6 



Conclusions 6 



References 7 



Illustrations 9 



Appendix A — Oceanographic Data 29 



List of Illustrations 



Figure Pane 



Frontispiece: USCGC CHASE (WHEC 718) ii 



1. Positions of stations more than 55.6 kilometers (30 nmi) from 

 center of Ocean Station DELTA (August 1968 to August 1969) 9 



2. Sverdrup, et al. (1942) Area of Formation of North Atlantic 

 Central water 10 



3. Representative temperature -versus salinity curves on Ocean Sta- 

 tion DELTA for the period August 1968 to August 1969, and 

 Iselin's 1936, North Atlantic Central water temperature versus 

 salinity curve 11 



4. Temperature versus salinity curves, USCGC ABSECON, 26 

 August to 15 September 1968 12 



5. Temperature versus salinity curves, USCGC ESCANABA, 20 

 September to 5 October 1968 13 



6. Temperature versus salinity curves, USCGC CHASE, 5 Novem- 

 ber to 24 November 1968 14 



