02051nas a2200229   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653003400043653001600077653003000093653002900123100001600152700001700168700001300185700001600198245012600214856007100340300001200411490000700423520137700430020001401807       2011                            d10aDeep western boundary current10aEirik Drift10aNorth Atlantic Deep Water10aThermohaline Circulation1 aJ. Stanford1 aE.J. Rohling1 aS. Bacon1 aN. Holliday00aA review of the deep and surface currents around Eirik Drift, south of Greenland: Comparison of the past with the present  uhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092181811100018X  a244-2540 v793 aThe global Thermohaline Circulation (THC) is primarily driven by the cooling and sinking of northward flowing North Atlantic surface waters in the Nordic Seas to form North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) that flows southward as a component of the Deep Western Boundary Current (DWBC). It is widely accepted that major freshwater injections have disrupted the formation of NADW in the past, causing widespread cooling over the North Atlantic. Eirik Drift, a contourite south of Greenland, was formed from deposition of sediments carried in the DWBC, so contains information about DWBC variability. Before now, the spatial and temporal variability of the surface and deep water currents, and their relationship with the associated sedimentation have not been fully understood. Here, we present a review of the key findings from the RAPID Cape Farewell project at Eirik Drift, a multi-disciplinary study which included hydrographic profiles, sub-bottom and sea-floor geophysical data, and multi-proxy analyses of a marine sediment core. We use these previously published results to further elucidate the oceanographic processes above Eirik Drift and relate these results to the sedimentation patterns. We also resolve, using a down-core record of NADW flow intensity, how bottom currents in this region changed in association with freshwater forcing during the last deglaciation.  a0921-8181