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  2. Marine biogeochemical cycles - Wikipedia

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    In addition, the conveyor moves an immense volume of water—more than 100 times the flow of the Amazon River (Ross, 1995). The conveyor belt is also a vital component of the global ocean nutrient and carbon dioxide cycles. Warm surface waters are depleted of nutrients and carbon dioxide, but they are enriched again as they travel through the ...

  3. Thermohaline circulation - Wikipedia

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    The thermohaline circulation is sometimes called the ocean conveyor belt, the great ocean conveyor, or the global conveyor belt, coined by climate scientist Wallace Smith Broecker. [5] [6] It is also referred to as the meridional overturning circulation, or MOC. This name is used because not every circulation pattern caused by temperature and ...

  4. Mid-ocean ridge - Wikipedia

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    A process previously proposed to contribute to plate motion and the formation of new oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges is the "mantle conveyor" due to deep convection (see image). [27] [28] However, some studies have shown that the upper mantle (asthenosphere) is too plastic (flexible) to generate enough friction to pull the tectonic plate along.

  5. File:Conveyor belt.svg - Wikipedia

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    English: This is map of the world's "conveyor belt". Thermohaline circulation based on a "dolphin's perspective" that is where the oceans are shown as a single body of water and the flux can be understood more easily without cutting it anywhere. This is based on a previous work of the world's oceans.

  6. File:Thermohaline conveyor belt (NASA).webm - Wikipedia

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    English: Thermohaline Circulation (The Great Ocean Conveyor Belt) This animation first depicts thermohaline surface flows over surface density, and illustrates the sinking of water in the dense ocean near Iceland and Greenland. The surface of the ocean then fades away and the animation pulls back to show the global thermohaline circulation.

  7. Mantle convection - Wikipedia

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    Simplified model of mantle convection: [1] Whole-mantle convection. Mantle convection is the very slow creep of Earth's solid silicate mantle as convection currents carry heat from the interior to the planet's surface. [2] [3] Mantle convection causes tectonic plates to move around the Earth's surface. [4]

  8. Mantle (geology) - Wikipedia

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    The silicate mantle of the Earth's moon is approximately 1300–1400 km thick, and is the source of mare basalts. [4] The lunar mantle might be exposed in the South Pole-Aitken basin or the Crisium basin. [4] The lunar mantle contains a seismic discontinuity at ~500 kilometers (310 miles) depth, most likely related to a change in composition. [4]

  9. Baggage handling system - Wikipedia

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    A series of diverters along the conveyor belt then directs the bags through the baggage handling area. [5] Although a baggage handling system's primary function is the sorting and transportation of bags, a typical system also: Detects bag jams; Regulates input volume, to avoid overloading the system