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 Brazil Basin
 DSDP Site 515
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 Vema Channel
SNCold, deep water mass. Circulates counterclockwise (westward) at the foot of the Antarctic continental shelf. Indexed with specific ocean terms as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1985.