In each of the three main ocean basins, dense water from around Antarctica circulates in the bottom layers, and in the Atlantic ocean, an upper circulation cell that is driven from the north caps the bottom loop.
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Langenberg, H. Around the world. Nature Geosci (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo.2007.71
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