. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. HYDROLOGY described in the previous paragraph. The melting of ice by the heat of the sun, or by warmer water, produces fresh water, and this will give rise to an accumulation of cold poorly saline water at the surface near the ice. As this light water collects, so it will stream away from the ice at the surface until it meets water of lower density under which 3000 ZMO 1000 1000 2000. 1000 -3000 Fig. 3. Section through South Georgia along the line AB in Fig. 2 with vertical scale exaggerated. He
. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. HYDROLOGY described in the previous paragraph. The melting of ice by the heat of the sun, or by warmer water, produces fresh water, and this will give rise to an accumulation of cold poorly saline water at the surface near the ice. As this light water collects, so it will stream away from the ice at the surface until it meets water of lower density under which 3000 ZMO 1000 1000 2000. 1000 -3000 Fig. 3. Section through South Georgia along the line AB in Fig. 2 with vertical scale exaggerated. Heights and depths in metres. The positions of soundings are indicated along the base line. 60° 50° 40° 30" 20° +d 50 \ \ \^\ \iif^f \ \^ V \ t^k^Xr* â-Wf^H â r \ )\ \ \ 1 A^^V t\ \tf \ \/ W V \M\? M \ x\ ~A 1 \ ^ \ / \^^^ A- \ 1 3 ^\r> r,o 50 \Jr 7~J\ \M\^r\ V \ ^Câ-«=^?> rf-O/s \f SPY-' \ Y^S /)< ' \ \ \ \ \ \ /\s \ t 'A -*\X\ \ \ \ \ va \4y\\ \ \\\ \ f\ \ &x \ \ \ \ JHr~r 7d â JO' 6O0 50° 40° 30* 0 Fig. 4. Chart showing the line of the Antarctic Convergence, separating the Antarctic and the sub-Antarctic Zones, and the course of the two surface currents which influence South Georgia within the Antarctic Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (Great Britain); National Institute of Oceanography of Great Britain; Great Britain. Colonial Office. Discovery Committee. London ; New York : Cambridge University Press
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