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TI Influence of the prevailing current regime on sedimentation in the Alboran Sea
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AF AUFFRET, Gérard-André
   PASTOURET, Léo
   CHAMLEY, Hervé
   LANOIX, Franz
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UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1974/publication-5158.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Histoire Ifremer
AB The extent to which the prevailing current regime controls the nature of surface sediments in the Alboran Sea is suggested.  Hydrographic data and surface sediments collected during the Polymède II cruise of the R.V. Jean Charcot in 1972 strongly suggest that the sediment distribution is controlled by the current system resulting from the difference in density between the Intermediate and Deep Mediterranean Water and Atlantic Surface Water.  Clay, mainly montmorillonite, and planktonic Foraminifera are carried into the Mediterranean by east-flowing Atlantic Surface Water. As the suspended particles settle through the water column, they are redistributed by the westward-flowing deep currents and accumulate on the floor of the sea,  where they constitute a clearly recognizable fraction of the surface sediments. [NOT CONTROLLED OCR]
PY 1974
SO Deep-sea Research
PU Pergamon Press
VL 21
BP 839
EP 849
ID 5158
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