Multiple Choice
____ is the process by which surface water moved by wind drags the layer of ocean water below it, which in turn drags the layer below it, and so forth, with the direction of movement in each layer deflected by the Coriolis effect.
A) Tidal bulge
B) Wave base
C) Thermohaline circulation
D) Ekman transport
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