Architecture of North Atlantic contourite drifts modified by transient circulation of the Icelandic mantle plume

• Main Authors: Parnell-Turner, R, White, NJ, McCave, IN, Henstock, TJ, Murton, B, Jones, SM
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2015
• Subjects: contourite; drift; Iceland; plume; Greenland; Girdler; Greenland-Scotland Ridge; North Atlantic Deep Water; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/251133

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Overflow of Northern Component Water, the precursor of North Atlantic Deep Water, appears to have varied during Neogene times. It has been suggested that this variation is moderated by transient behavior of the Icelandic mantle plume, which...