Transports and pathways of overflow water in the Rockall Trough

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
• Main Authors: Johnson, Clare, Sherwin, Toby, Cunningham, Stuart, Dumont, Estelle, Houpert, Loïc, Holliday, N. Penny
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Norwegian Sea; Rockall Trough; Wyville Thomson Ridge; Wyville-Thomson Ridge; Central Basin; Iceland
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/516190/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/516190/1/1-s2.0-S0967063716302503-main.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2017.02.004

Water mass analysis reveals a persistent core of deep overflow water within the Rockall Trough which hugs the northern and western boundaries of the basin. Mean speeds within this overflow are 10–15 cm s−1 giving a transport time from the Wyville Thomson Ridge to the central basin of < 50 days. A...