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... continental shelf widens to more than 150 miles along the Antarctic Peninsula and up to about 300 miles along the ... Drift . Giant tabular icebergs , as large as 45 by 60 miles , which may be break offs from the distant Amery Ice Shelf , ...
... continental shelf widens to more than 150 miles along the Antarctic Peninsula and up to about 300 miles along the ... Drift . Giant tabular icebergs , as large as 45 by 60 miles , which may be break offs from the distant Amery Ice Shelf , ...
Page 847
... continental drift ( q.v. ) . Some investigators believe that such drift could move the indicators of an ancient wind pattern into a region where a wholly different wind regime prevails , or that rotation during movement could produce a ...
... continental drift ( q.v. ) . Some investigators believe that such drift could move the indicators of an ancient wind pattern into a region where a wholly different wind regime prevails , or that rotation during movement could produce a ...
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... continental coasts southward - flowing currents prevail , which strengthen remarkably in the winter monsoon peri- od ... drift ice and icefields hinder naviga- tion in parts of the Yellow Sea . Surface temperature ranges from freezing ...
... continental coasts southward - flowing currents prevail , which strengthen remarkably in the winter monsoon peri- od ... drift ice and icefields hinder naviga- tion in parts of the Yellow Sea . Surface temperature ranges from freezing ...
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