Going with the Flow: Ocean Currents: Cause and Effect
coastlines, and for facilitating the movement of planktonic organisms. Surface currents are influenced by several physical forces, but especially the wind and
Subject: wind
Transcript: physical forces, perhaps none more important than the wind. [pierce:] the winds blow on the surface of the ocean, And that causes what we call a wind stress
The Ocean's Memory: Terrigenous Sediments
Sediment is the debris that accumulates on the surface of the Earth as the result of chemical, physical and biological processes. Most sediment, known as terrigenous sediment, forms when rain falls on soil and washes it into rivers, which then carry...
Subject: wind
Transcript: certainly notice if you lived In the sahara desert or in china is the wind. Huge dust storms form over areas That are very arid, like deserts. And those