Deep through-flow in the Bight Fracture Zone

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: Petit, Tillys, Thierry, Virginie, Mercier, Herle
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2022
• Subjects: Bight Fracture Zone; Irminger Sea; Reykjanes; Iceland; Nordic Seas
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00767/87921/93522.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00767/87921/95216.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1055-2022; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00767/87921/

Iceland-Scotland Overflow Water (ISOW) is exported from the Nordic Seas into the Iceland Basin to feed the lower limb of the Meridional Overturning Circulation. The Bight Fracture Zone (BFZ) is known to be a major route for ISOW toward the Irminger Sea, but the role of this gateway in the evolution...