Resuspension and particle transport in the Benthic Nepheloid Layer in and near Fram Strait in relation to faunal abundances and 234Th depletion

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
• Main Authors: Rutgers v. d. Loeff, Michiel, Meyer, R., Rudels, B., Rachor, Eike
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: East Greenland; east greenland current; Fram Strait; Greenland; Yermak plateau; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/4662/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/4662/1/Rut2001d.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0637(02)00113-9; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.15233; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.15233.d001

The West Spitsbergen Current, flowing northward through Fram Strait, causes a benthic nepheloid layer (BNL) on the western slope of the Yermak Plateau. This BNL is weaker on the eastern side of the Plateau and absent on the Greenland side of the Fram Strait where the East Greenland Current flows sou...