Mixing in the Romanche Fracture Zone

• Main Authors: Ferron, Bruno, Mercier, Herle, Speer, Kevin, Gargett, Ann, Polzin, Kurt
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Amer Meteorological Soc 1998
• Subjects: Antarctic; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Osborn; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00447/55830/62131.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<1929:MITRFZ>2.0.CO;2; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00447/55830/

The Romanche Fracture Zone is a major gap in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at the equator, which is deep enough to allow significant eastward flows of Antarctic Bottom Water from the Brazil Basin to the Sierra Leone and Guinea Abyssal Plains. While flowing through the Romanche Fracture Zone, bottom-water p...