Sedimentary environment of the Faroe‐Shetland and Faroe Bank Channels, north‐east Atlantic, and the use of bedforms as indicators of bottom current velocity in the deep ocean

• Published in: Sedimentology
• Main Authors: Masson, D. G., Wynn, R. B., Bett, B. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2004
• Subjects: Faroe Bank; Norwegian Sea; Wyville Thomson Ridge; Wyville-Thomson Ridge; Faroes; North Atlantic; North East Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3091.2004.00668.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-3091.2004.00668.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-3091.2004.00668.x

Abstract In the northeast Atlantic, much of the deep cold water flow between the Norwegian Sea and the main North Atlantic basin passes through the Faroe‐Shetland and Faroe Bank Channels, generating strong persistent bottom currents capable of eroding and transporting sediment up to and including gr...