By G. L. Pickard, B. R. Stanton (auth.), Howard J. Freeland, David M. Farmer, Colin D. Levings (eds.)
ISBN-10: 1461331056
ISBN-13: 9781461331056
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Fiord-Land of British Columbia. Soe. Amer. 46: 633-696. Bull. Geol. L. 1961. Oeeanographie features of inlets in the British Columbia mainIand eoast. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Canada 18: 907-999. 1963. Oeeanographie eharaeteristies of inlets of Vaneouver Island, British Columbia. J. Fish. Res. Bd. : 1109-1144. 1967. Some oeeanographie eharaeteristies of the larger inlets of southeast Alaska. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Canada. 24: 1475-1506. 1973. Water strueture in Chilean fjords. Oeeanography of the South Paeifie 1972, eomp.
Many of the Alaskan fjords have fairly direet deep eonneetion to the North Paeifie and the range of at values is the next smallest of the regions, with the high va1ues for the enve10pe area (for Lynn Cana1) being only slight1y sma11er than for the Paeifie outside. The British Co1umbia fjords show a 1arger range of at va1ues beeause the southern one s have the ene10sed Strait of Georgia between them and the Paeifie. While the northern ones are 1ess restrieted in access to the Paeifie, the eonneetion is sti11 aeross a sha110w eoasta1 sea (Heeate Strait) and is therefore a less direet eonneetion than for the New Zea1and and Alaska fjords.
There is no overall systematie trend to these ranges. The Chile North salinities show larger ranges than the other regions, exeept for Vaneouver Island at 50 m for whieh region the low values whieh extend the range are for two fjords only, both having inner sills. Density profiles Density, represented by 0t= (density - 1000) kg m- 3 , always increases with depth (with two exceptions deseribed in the following PACIFIC FJORDS - A REVIEW OF THEIR WATER CHARACTERISTICS 23 seetion on sa1inity profiles).
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