Spacial and temporal variations of water characteristics in the Japan Sea bottom layer

The Japan Sea is an almost landlocked marginal sea. We measured profiles of CTD potential temperature at 9 stations in the southeastern Japan Sea to clarify the characteristics of the abyssal circulation in the Sea. It was shown that the results were closely correlated with the topography of the Japan Sea which is characterized by a rise in the center of the Sea (Yamato Rise) and three basins (Japan, Yamato and Tsushima Basins) around the Yamato Rise.At each station in the Basins (6 stations), we observed the bottom layer, a layer of constant potential temperature (within ±0.0005°C) below 2,000–2,500 m depth to the bottom. Dissolved oxygen is also constant (within ±1 μmol kg−1) in the bottom layer. The bottom layer of the Japan Basin (northern basin) is shown to have lower potential temperature by 0.012°C and higher dissolved oxygen content by 5 μmol kg−1 than that of the Yamato Basin (southern basin). There is no bottom layer at the remaining 3 stations located in the passage between the Japan Basin and the Yamato Basin, possibly due to the topographic effect of the Yamato Rise which restricts the exchange and mixing of the two Basin bottom waters.By comparing the vertical profiles of dissolved oxygen in 1969, 1977, 1979 and 1984 in the Japan and the Yamato Basins, it was found that in both Basins the thickness of the bottom layer decreased by 400 m between 1969 and 1984, and the bottom oxygen concentration was also decreased by 5–7 μmol kg−1 between 1977 and 1984. These temporal variations were interpreted to be transient, probably caused by the recent reduction or cessation of new bottom water formation in the northern Japan Sea

Oceanographic conditions of the Australasian sector of the Southern Ocean in the summer of 1983-84

Oceanographic conditions were examined along two meridional sections of 150 and 115°E in the Australasian sector of the Southern Ocean during the summer of 1983-84. Three major oceanic fronts were identified in these sections, i.e., the Subtropical Convergence, the Subantarctic Front and the Polar Front. The vertical features of these fronts were identified by temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen and some nutrient salts. The Subtropical Convergence was at 47°S along 150°E and 43.5°S along 115°E. The Subantarctic Front was at 49°S along 150°E and 47.5°S along 115°E. The Polar Front was at 56.5°S along 150°E and 55°S along 115°E. The geostrophic flow relative to 2000db was calculated for both sections. The maximum valocity was 18cm/s at the surface between 45 and 47.5°S along 115°E. The direction of the flow was mainly eastward for both sections. The volume transport was about 88×(10)^6m^3/s between 45 and 65°S along 150°E and 105×(10)^6m^3/s between 40 and 65°S along 115°E

En studie i dekadens : En litteraturstudie av ghostwritern Neil Strauss och dennes moderna författarskap

”En studie i dekadens” är en studie av ghostwritern Neil Strauss och syftar till att med utgångspunkt från de självbiografier han spökskrivit åt celebriteterna Marilyn Manson, Mötley Crüe, Jenna Jameson och Dave Navarro undersöka en ny typ av populärkulturellt och samtida författarskap. Studien belyser hur Strauss på ett framgångsrikt sätt förflyttat författarens position och tagit på sig ett ställföreträdarskap för dem han skildrar och den dekadenta värld de verkar inom