North Atlantic slope and canyon study. Volume 2. Final report
A field program to investigate the currents and sediment transport along the outershelf and upper slope along the southern flank of Georges Bank was conducted between 1980 and 1984. A major part of the field experiment was conducted in Lydonia Canyon, a large submarine canyon which cuts northward about 20 km into the continental shelf from the shelfbreak. A smaller experiment was conducted in Oceanographer Canyon to compare the currents in these two major canyons. Long-term current observations were made at 20 locations in or adjacent to Lydonia Canyon, and at 9 stations on the continental slope. Detailed semi-synoptic hydrographic observations were made on 9 cruises. The currents associated with Gulf Stream warm core rings (WCR's) strongly affect the flow along the outer shelf and upper slope; eastward currents in excess of 75cm/s were associated with WCR's.
- Research Organization:
- Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6175186
- Report Number(s):
- PB-87-198727/XAB
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: See also Volume 1, PB--87-198719
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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