Deep through-flow in the Bight Fracture Zone and its imprint in the Irminger Sea

• Main Authors: Petit, Tillys, Thierry, Virginie, Mercier, Herlé
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Bight Fracture Zone; Irminger Sea; Reykjanes; Iceland; NADW; Nordic Seas; North Atlantic Deep Water; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2022-248; https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2022/egusphere-2022-248/

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...