Anomalous Bottom Water South of the Grand Banks Suggests Turbidity Current Activity
- 2 March 1979
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 203 (4383) , 894-897
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.203.4383.894
Abstract
Highly turbid bottom water at the margin of the Sohm Abyssal Plain was identified by its temperature, salinity, and oxygen content as originating upslope on the continental rise. The fact that the particulate concentrations were one to two orders of magnitude higher than are normally found in deep ocean waters suggests a turbidity current as the agent bringing this water downslope.Keywords
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