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Seismic "Noise"--Oil Prospecting Data Could Decipher Ocean Mixing

A ring of warm, salty water in the Atlantic was recently imaged with seismic survey data taken 15 years ago

By Lucas Laursen















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In the meantime, nobody knows exactly what meddies contribute to the Atlantic’s mixing, but Sallarès says that seismic profiling “is a clear first look and is more precise than what the oceanographic data can give us.”

Note: This story was originally published with the title, "Listening to a Mix".



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Lucas Laursen (www.lucaslaursen.com) is based in Cambridge, England.


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