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Cromwell Current
(redirected from Equatorial Undercurrent)

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Cromwell Current [ˈkrɒmwɛl -wəl]
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) an equatorial Pacific current, flowing eastward from the Hawaiian Islands to the Galápagos Islands
[named after T. Cromwell (1922-58), US oceanographer]


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Earlier evidence suggested that this deepening would diminish the nutrient supply to these microbes by pushing the cold equatorial undercurrent downward and farther from the plankton.
 
 
 
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