Surface current patterns suggested by suspended sediment distribution over the outer continental margin, Bering Sea
Marine Geology
By: Herman A. Karl and P.R. Carlson
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Abstract
Samples of total suspended matter (TSM) were collected at the surface over the northern outer continental margin of the Bering Sea during the summers of 1980 and 1981. Volume concentrations of surface TSM averaged 0.6 and 1.1 mg l−1 for 1980 and 1981, respectively. Organic matter, largely plankton, made up about 65% of the near-surface TSM for both years. Distributions of TSM suggested that shelf circulation patterns were characterized either by meso- and large- scale eddies or by cross-shelf components of flow superimposed on a general northwesterly net drift. These patterns may be caused by large submarine canyons which dominate the physiography of this part of the Bering Sea continental margin.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Surface current patterns suggested by suspended sediment distribution over the outer continental margin, Bering Sea |
| Series title | Marine Geology |
| DOI | 10.1016/0025-3227(87)90057-0 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Year Published | 1987 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Description | 8 p. |
| First page | 301 |
| Last page | 308 |