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Abyssal Channels in the Atlantic Ocean

DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9358-5

ISBN: 978-90-481-9357-8

Publisher: Springer Netherlands - Springer Journals

Sep 11, 2010

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Chapter 1Geological and Geophysical Characteristics of the Transform Fault Zones

Morozov, Eugene G.; Demidov, Alexander N.; Tarakanov, Roman Y.; Zenk, Walter

Pages: 1 –23

[From the point of view of the new concept of global tectonics, oceanic fracture zones consist of one or more transform faults. Their geomorphological descriptions were given for the first time in (Wilson 1965; Menard 1966; Menard and Chase 1970). The authors defined the transform faults as long...
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Chapter 2Deep Water Masses of the South and North Atlantic

Morozov, Eugene G.; Demidov, Alexander N.; Tarakanov, Roman Y.; Zenk, Walter

Pages: 25 –50

[The Southern Ocean and Antarctic Circumpolar Current isolate the Antarctic continent from other regions of the Earth. Thus, conditions in the study region provide the formation of a special water structure around Antarctica, whereas water structure in the northern regions is determined by...
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Chapter 3Source Regions, Abyssal Pathways, and Bottom Flow Channels (for Waters of the Antarctic Origin)

Morozov, Eugene G.; Demidov, Alexander N.; Tarakanov, Roman Y.; Zenk, Walter

Pages: 51 –98

[Generally, propagation of Antarctic waters in the bottom layer of the Atlantic Ocean is confined to depressions in the bottom topography. The general flow of these waters can be presented as follows (Fig. 3.1).]
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Chapter 4Exchange Between the Argentine and Brazil Basins; Abyssal Pathways and Bottom Flow Channels (for Waters of the Antarctic Origin)

Morozov, Eugene G.; Demidov, Alexander N.; Tarakanov, Roman Y.; Zenk, Walter

Pages: 99 –177

[The zonally aligned Rio Grande Rise separates the Argentine Basin in the south from the Brazil Basin in the north. It is a high topographic obstacle for bottom water propagation to the north. Two meridional gaps intersect the Rise at ~39° W and ~28° W (Vema and Hunter channels, respectively)....
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Chapter 5Further Propagation of Antarctic Bottom Water from the Brazil Basin

Morozov, Eugene G.; Demidov, Alexander N.; Tarakanov, Roman Y.; Zenk, Walter

Pages: 179 –234

[In this chapter we assume Wüst’s (1936) sense of Antarctic Bottom Water propagation. In other words, this is the bottom water of the Antarctic rather than North Atlantic origin. However there is no generally accepted isotherm or value of any characteristics in literature for the upper boundary...
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Chapter 6Flows through the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the Northern Channels. Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone and Other Fracture Zones

Morozov, Eugene G.; Demidov, Alexander N.; Tarakanov, Roman Y.; Zenk, Walter

Pages: 235 –245

[In the winter period, cold dense water is formed in the Norwegian and Greenland seas due to severe cooling and intense heat release to the atmosphere. The water mass from the Greenland Sea overflows the shallow threshold between Greenland and Iceland and flows into the Irminger Basin. The water...

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