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...gh and one ridge, i.e. one wavelength fits 2π = 360°. Wavenumber 2 has two ridges and two troughs around 360°. ...sbook">{{cite book |last1=Vallis |first1=Geoffrey K |title=Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics - Fundamentals and Large-scale Circulation |date=2006 |publi ...

...anks of a [[mid-ocean ridge]] is determined mainly by the ''age'' of the [[oceanic lithosphere]]; older seafloor is deeper. During [[seafloor spreading]], [[l ...early and mid twentieth century explained the elevations of the mid-ocean ridges as upwellings above [[Convection|convection currents]] in [[Earth's mantle] ...

...his criterion works particularly well in [[Lithosphere#Oceanic lithosphere|oceanic lithosphere]], where it is reasonably simple to estimate the temperature at ...n in shear-wave velocity in the depth range of 50 to 140 km beneath [[Oceanic basin|ocean basins]]. ...

...phy such as the Hawaiian Ridge, Tahiti, the Macquarie Ridge, and submarine ridges in the Luzon Strait. | title = Internal tide scattering at seamounts, ridges and islands ...

...s, paths of [[low-pressure area|low pressure systems]] and [[ocean current|oceanic currents]]. ...like pattern on the lee-side and eventually form an alternating pattern of ridges and troughs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atms.unca.edu/chennon/notes/atms ...

...The magenta contour is the measured ice edge according to the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]] [[Climate Data Record]].<ref>{{Cite j ...fast ice by combining tensile strength and a parameterization for grounded ridges|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans|language=en|volume=121|issu ...

[[File:Earth seafloor crust age 1996.png|thumb|300px|Ages of oceanic lithosphere]] ...wing the two plates to be repositioned relative to one another. The oldest oceanic crust is [[Jurassic]], providing a lower age limit of about 175 Ma for the ...

...ormation about the {{gli|atmospheric science|atmospheric}}, [[oceanography|oceanic]], and [[hydrology|hydrologic sciences]], and advance technologies, applica ...onal and thermal influences from the Sun and the Moon, analogous to [[tide|oceanic tides]].<ref name="AMS"/>}} ...

...5-1221}}</ref>) to macroscopic scale (>100m, [[Mid-ocean ridge|mid-oceanic ridges]]).<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Abellán|first1=A.|last2=Jaboyedoff|f ...

...yst Severe Weather Guide|access-date=22 December 2013|publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.ar ...ises and flows over the land, causing cooling and rain as it hits mountain ridges.|thumb|right|Orographic precipitation]] ...

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...s in the seawater of the equatorial Pacific Ocean: New constraints for the oceanic iron cycle. | journal = Earth and Planetary Science Letters | date = June 2 ...s in the seawater of the equatorial Pacific Ocean: New constraints for the oceanic iron cycle|journal=Earth and Planetary Science Letters|volume=306|issue=1–2 ...

...López, C. (2017) "Modeling the dynamical sinking of biogenic particles in oceanic flow". ''Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics'', '''24'''(2): 293–305. {{doi|1 ...6 |publisher=Pergamon Press |pages=491–528}}</ref> It is the part of the [[oceanic carbon cycle]] responsible for the cycling of [[organic matter]] formed mai ...