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, Loic, Holliday, N. Penny
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Central Basin; Norwegian Sea; Rockall Trough; Wyville Thomson Ridge; Wyville-Thomson Ridge; Iceland
• Online Access: https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/e3f36f0e-84bc-4244-af2b-40245a5c504c; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2017.02.004; https://pureadmin.uhi.ac.uk/ws/files/2067758/paper_as_accepted.pdf; http://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0967063716302503

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...