等深流(Contour current)是指沿海底等深线水平流动的底流,平行海底等深线稳定低速流动,此種海底流是由溫鹽差(thermohaline)導致的海底地转流(geostraphic bottom current)。[1]。这一地質名詞最先由Hollister和Heezen於1972年提出[2]

參考來源

编辑
  1. ^ Rebesco, M. & Camerlenghi, A. 2008. Contourites, Elsevier Science, 688pp. ISBN 978-0-444-52998-5
  2. ^ Hollister, C.D.; Heezen, B.C. (1972). "Geologic effects of ocean bottom-currents: western north Atlantic". In: Studies in Physical Oceanography. 2: 37–66