Conveyor Belt Schematic (IMAGE)

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Conveyor Belt Schematic

Caption

The left panel shows the glacial conveyor belt flow 21,000 years ago. The right panel shows a reorganized conveyor belt flow 17,500-15,000 years ago with deep-water sinking in the North Pacific.

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