Intense mid-slope resuspension of particulate matter in the Faeroe-Shetland Channel: Short-term deployment of near-bottom sediment traps

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1485-1505

  Bonnin, Jérôme ^a   Van Raaphorst, Wim ^a   Brummer, Geert Jan ^a   Van Haren, Hans ^a   Malschaert, Hans ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

60 30 N 2 W 61 30 N 5 W; Bottom Nepheloid layer; Continental slope; Faeroe Shetland Channel; Near bottom sediment traps; Resuspension

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; MOORING; NITROGEN; OCEAN CURRENTS; OPTICAL SENSORS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENT TRAPS;

MASS FLUX;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; PARTICULATE FLUX; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRAP;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036688209     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(02)00030-4     Document Type: Article

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