Modern Ocean Current-Controlled Sediment Transport in the Greenland-Iceland-Norwegian (GIN) Seas

Sediment transport processes in the northern North Atlantic have been investigated on the basis of various numerical models. A general circulation model has been used to investigate large-scale particle transport, a reduced gravity plume model has been used to investigate particle transport by casca...

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Main Authors: Fohrmann, Hermann, Backhaus, Jan O., Blaume, Frank, Haupt, Bernd J., Kämpf, Jochen, Michels, Klaus, Mienert, Jürgen, Posewang, Jörg, Ritzrau, Will, Rumohr, Jan, Weber, Mathias, Woodgate, Rebecca
Other Authors: Schäfer, Priska, Schlüter, Michael, Thiede, Jörn
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: Springer 2001
Subjects:
Greenland
Iceland
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/40128/
https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/40128/1/Fohrmann.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56876-3_9
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Summary:Sediment transport processes in the northern North Atlantic have been investigated on the basis of various numerical models. A general circulation model has been used to investigate large-scale particle transport, a reduced gravity plume model has been used to investigate particle transport by cascading from the shelves into the deep basins, an ocean slice model has been used to investigate particle exchange processes between a bottom current and the ambient water mass, and a Bottom Boundary Layer model has been used to investigate particle interactions influencing the settling behavior of suspended particles. In this paper, the various processes investigated in these models are described (i) schematically, (ii) on the basis of field data, if available, and (iii) by employing results from numerical simulations. In a first attempt the northern North Atlantic will be divided into separate process defined areas, which can be used in carbon budgeting, for example.

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