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10 EO 30 60 (miles) 



Figure 71. — Velocity profiles of the Labrador Current expressed in centimeters per sec- 

 ond. The solid lines represent soutlierly current and the broken lines northerly cur- 

 rent. Section Oi, August 7-8, 1931 ; section Pi, July 6-7, 1931 ; and section Qi, July 

 4-6, 1931. 



the corresponding sections (figs. 48, 50, and 51) it will be found that 

 they are nearly similar and support many of the statements which 

 were based on the 1928 observations alone. For example, the divi- 

 sion of the Labrador Current below the surface into a shelf and a 



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