Asia Minor Current
From The Encyclopedia of Earth
Oceans and seas (main)
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The Asia Minor Current (AMC) is a meandering ocean current flowing westward and then northward along the Turkish coast and the southeastern coast of Rhodes. It borders the northwest part of the Rhodes gyre, and originates as part of the mid–Mediterranean jet branching to the north. There is a major branch in the AMC in the region of the Rhodes and Karpathos Straits. Both branches intrude into the south Aegean Sea and meander in the northeastern Sea of Crete as a continuation of the AMC. The branches carry warm and saline Levantine waters within the upper 300–400 dbar layer.
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References
- A. Theocharis, E. Balopoulos, S. Kioroglou, H. Kontoyiannis, and A. Iona. A synthesis of the circulation and hydrography of the South Aegean Sea and the Straits of the Cretan Arc (March 1994–January 1995). Progr. Oceanogr., 44:469–509, 1999.
