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Emeritus Professor Dr. Noor Azhar bin Mohamed Shazili

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B. Sc. (Wales), Ph.D (Wales)
Tel: +6096683101
Fax: +6096692166
Email: nazhar@umt.edu.my
Research Field: Heavy Metal Pollution, Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Toxicology 
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Emeritus Professor Dr. Mohd Lokman Bin Husain

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B. Sc. (Mississippi State Univ.) M. Sc. (Florida Tech.) Ph.D (Hull)
Tel: +6096683130
Fax: +6096693193
Email: mlokmn@umt.edu.my
Research Field: Coastal Zone Management, Coastal Process, Coastal Research Management and Sedimentology
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Abstract

While the sinking formation of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) is well understood, how this bottom water "returns home" through upwelling within ocean basins, particularly the Indo-Pacific, remains shrouded in uncertainty. In the 1960s, Munk’s classic "Abyssal Recipes" theory sought to explain these abyssal flows, yet later observations exposed two significant conflicts with real-world data. In 2016, Ferrari, McDougall, and colleagues proposed the "Towards a New Abyssal Recipe" framework, introducing bottom boundary layer (BBL) upwelling to address Munk’s inconsistencies. Drawing on recent evidence of a potential cooling trend in the deep ocean, this talk revisits these debates, offering a fresh interpretation of Munk’s discrepancies and proposing a new mechanism for abyssal upwelling in the Indo-Pacific. It contributes to the ongoing quest to unravel how bottom waters complete their global journey.

Presented by: Prof. Dr. HAN Lei
Affiliation: China-ASEAN College of Marine Science, Xiamen University, Malaysia
Address: Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia

 

 

 

 

 

 

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