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MARION AND GENERAL GREENE EXPEDITIONS 



700 meters in traversing the West Greenland sector. Also the God- 

 thaaVs observations in the summer of 1928 reveal that the Irminger- 

 Atlantic water sank along its pathway north of Cape Farewell. Thus 

 the observations of the Dana^ Godthaab^ and Marion all are in agree- 

 ment in demonstrating the manner and rate of sinking of the 



Figure 134. — The position of saltest water as shown by the Oodthaah's observations. 



May 29-October 8. 1928. 



Irminger-Atlantic water as it enters and pursues its course in the 

 Labrador Sea. This sinking of the water as it mixes in the West 

 Greenland Current is an illustration of what the authors consider 

 to be cabbeling. Although this phenomenon has been indicated by 

 the observations from several parts of the northwestern North At- 

 lantic (pp. 44, 48, and 136) its exposition has been reserved for the 



