Bottom Currents and Abyssal Sedimentation Processes South of Iceland.

• Main Author: Shor,Alexander Noble
• Other Authors: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MASS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1980
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; *OCEAN CURRENTS; *OCEAN BOTTOM; *SEDIMENTATION; THESES; STRATIGRAPHY; CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; SEDIMENTS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; OCEAN RIDGES; SUBMARINE CANYONS; LITHOLOGY; CORE SAMPLING; Katla Ridge; Bottom currents; WUNR083004; Katla; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA086952; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA086952

An investigation was carried out to observe the geologic effects of steady bottom currents on sediments of East Katla Ridge on the southern insular rise of Iceland. Near-bottom southwest to west-flowing currents exceeded 20 cm/sec for two weeks over a 25-kilometer wide section of the ridge flank bet...