On the origin of the chemical properties of the Arctic Ocean halocline
- 15 September 1986
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
- Vol. 91 (C9) , 10759-10767
- https://doi.org/10.1029/jc091ic09p10759
Abstract
Profiles of chemical constituents in seawater above the Alpha Ridge in the central Arctic Ocean obtained during the Canadian Expedition to Study the Alpha Ridge (CESAR) support a model in which the halocline is maintained by dense, saline water produced on the continental shelves within the Arctic Ocean by the formation of sea ice. It is argued that nutrient regeneration on the continental shelves largely accounts for the nutrient maximum that has been observed in the upper halocline over a wide region of the Arctic Ocean, and that while the Bering Sea and North Altantic can be recognized as origins of halocline water, water masses from these regions undergo sufficient changes in their chemical properties within the Arctic Ocean significant that they no longer retain their identity in the halocline.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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