Deep through-flow in the Bight Fracture Zone

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: T. Petit, V. Thierry, H. Mercier
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: geo; hist; Bight Fracture Zone; Irminger Sea; Reykjanes; Iceland; NADW; Nordic Seas; North Atlantic Deep Water; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1055-2022; https://os.copernicus.org/articles/18/1055/2022/os-18-1055-2022.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/1d0a8f4db8f74d5bb92b293846b36da0

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...