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A Mid-Labrador Sea Ridge

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J. T. WILSON1 has recently speculated on the presence of a median ridge extending through the Labrador Sea and up Baffin Bay. He suggested that its presence had not been noted because of insufficient sounding data, and that its presence could be verified by additional sounding data.

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  1. Lamont Geological Observatory, Columbia University, N.Y.

    CHARLES L. DRAKE

  2. Atlantic Oceanographic Group, Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Halifax

    NEIL J. CAMPBELL

  3. Dominion Observatory, Ottawa

    GEORGE SANDER

  4. Lamont Geological Observatory, Columbia University, N.Y.

    JOHN E. NAFE

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DRAKE, C., CAMPBELL, N., SANDER, G. et al. A Mid-Labrador Sea Ridge. Nature 200, 1085–1086 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/2001085b0

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