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latitude of Bikini and appears at 220 to 400 meters Cepth.
On the scuth side of the area studied, the layer becomes about
300 meters thick and is found between 165 and 600 meters éoypth,
Eddying and meandering of the current
at these depths in the
latitude of Bikini (Ref. Figs. 6D and 65E) apparently canses
water to be welled upward from within this layer.
‘nus the
layer becomes thinner there than farther south.
Below the widespread North Pacific Internedicte water there
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are spotty amnpearances of Vestern Nexrth reecifie Central water
interspersed between leyers of Pacific) Hkquatorial
water.
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Locations where Western North Pacifie
Centrel water ves found
locations at preater depth than
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are north of Likiep “toil, north cf Rongerik Atoll. and 90 tc
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130 miles northwest of Bikini Atoll.
‘41t mey eprear et other
was sampled).
All three are
in a northwest-southeast line end apnsarently represent a former
influx of ccep woter fren the northwest
central Yacific.
This
tongue appears piuchsd to the nerth of Ailinginae Atoli by
infley: of the Pecific Fouatorial weter mass cf narticularly
hign salinity fren scuth of Rengzelap Atoll to sbont 126 miles
gnurth ef Ailinginse Atoll.
Ths latter flow is within the sest-
erm part ot the Bikini eddy as shown in Fig. 6£.
Pacific Equatorial water is also found at all other
locations where samples were taken,
It eppears at ell depths
below about 350 to 400 meters in the latitude of Eikini, below
415 to 600 meters depth on the south side of the area studied
and below 7CO to 1200 reters depth on the north boundary of the
area.
By continuity, it is shoalest in the latitude of Bikini
where it moves upverd to replece North Pacific Intermediate
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water that wells toward the surface within the great, horizontal, slowly revolving eddy there.
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