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The Flow of Water Past the Seven Stones Lightvessel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

J. N. Carruthers
J. N. Carruthers
Affiliation:
Fisheries Laboratory, Lowestoft.
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A brief reference to the state of opinion concerning the water movements off S.W. England is made. Then a series of Drift Indicator records relating to 28 days of observation at 6 fathoms depth from the Seven Stones Lightvessel is presented and discussed. An overall flow of water towards the S.E. quadrant and of speed approaching 2 miles per day characterised the entire period. The residual current as worked out for the individual records, displayed considerable variation in speed and direction—setting as frequently towards the northern half of the compass as towards the southern, but more frequently towards the eastern half than towards the western half. There were pronounced changes in the wind speed and direction, and it appears as though the wind can drive the water at 6 fathoms depth towards a point to the right of its own direction, no matter from which of the four quadrants it blows.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , May 1934 , pp. 921 - 930
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1934

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