Ocean circulation pattern over North Atlantic seamounts: Ormonde and Formigas

• Main Authors: Mosquera-Giménez, A. (Ángela), Vélez-Belchí, P. (Pedro), Piñeiro, S. (Safo), Fajar, N. (Noelia), Rivera, J. (Jesús), Caínzos, V. (Verónica), Santiago, R. (Rocío), Álvarez, M. (Marta), Balbín, R. (Rosa), Jiménez-Aparicio, J.A. (Juan Antonio), Aparicio-González, A. (Alberto)
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Centro Oceanográfico de Canarias 2018
• Subjects: seamounts; Mediterranean Outflow Water; Taylor columns/caps; internal waves; water properties; Stepping Stones; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/12182; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1400189

Seamounts constitute an obstacle to the free ocean flow giving rise to a variety of hydrodynamical processes and phenomena such as, among others, Taylor columns/caps. As a consequence of that, seamounts may turn into very productive ecosystems with high biodiversity, which provide a particularly goo...