FN Archimer Export Format
PT J
TI Impact of open sea deep convection on sediment remobilization in the western Mediterranean
BT 
AF MARTIN, Jacobo
   MIQUEL, Juan-Carlos
   KHRIPOUNOFF, Alexis
AS 1:1;2:1;3:2;
FF 1:;2:;3:;
C1 IAEA Marine Environm Labs, MC-98000 Monaco, Monaco.
   IFREMER, Ctr Brest, Dept DEEP LEP, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
C2 IAEA, MONACO
   IFREMER, FRANCE
SI BREST
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-int-hors-europe
IF 3.505
TC 27
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00011/12235/9016.pdf
LA English
DT Article
CR ENVAR2
   ENVAR3
   ENVAR4
   ENVAR6
BO Unknown
   Téthys II
DE ;water formation
AB The northwestern Mediterranean is known to be a privileged area of deep water formation via dense shelf water cascading and offshore convection. The impact of the former in the sedimentary dynamics of the deep basin has been highlighted in recent years, while open sea convection has been solely studied from a hydrological perspective. Particle fluxes and hydrodynamics were monitored at the DYFAMED site (Ligurian Sea, western Mediterranean) at 200, 1000 m and near the seafloor (2350 m depth) during winter 2005-2006. From February to April 2006, and in coincidence with an unusual episode of deep water formation, a notable intensification of currents was observed in the entire water column and near-bottom particle flux increased up to two orders of magnitude. These observations suggest that offshore convection must be taken into account together with cascading as a major driving force for sedimentary dynamics in the deep western Mediterranean.
PY 2010
PD JUN
SO Geophysical Research Letters
SN 0094-8276
PU Amer Geophysical Union
VL 37
IS LI3604
UT 000279823900006
BP 1
EP 6
DI 10.1029/2010GL043704
ID 12235
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