THE HYDROGRAPHIC SETTING OF THE 2ND IOC CONTAMINANTS BASE-LINE CRUISE

The hydrographic setting for the second cruise in the Intergovernmenta l Oceanographic Commission's baseline study of contaminants in the Atl antic Ocean is presented in this paper. The focus of this cruise was t he identification of contaminant concentrations in the various compone nts of the North Atlantic Deep Water, and the deep water flowing into the northern part of the North Atlantic from the Arctic Ocean. Tempera ture, salinity, oxygen, halocarbon and nutrient results are used to de scribe the water structures at the stations occupied on the cruise. Th e freon II results are used to estimate ages of the deep water flows, (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.