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dc.contributor.authorMcGrath, Triona
dc.contributor.authorNolan, Glenn
dc.contributor.authorMcGovern, Evin
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-15T12:21:18Z
dc.date.available2011-12-15T12:21:18Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationMcGrath, T., Nolan, G. & McGovern, E. (2011). Chemical characteristics of water masses in the Rockall Trough. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 61(1), 57-73. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2011.11.007en_GB
dc.identifier.issn0967-0637
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10793/711
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2011.11.007
dc.descriptionNOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, [In Press (December 2011)] doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2011.11.007 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967063711002111en_GB
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dc.description.abstractDirect observations of physical and chemical data in the Rockall Trough during February of 2008, 2009 and 2010 are presented. Results are compared to a similar WOCE transect, AR24, completed in November/December 1996. Temperature and salinity data have been used to identify the water masses present in the Trough, and have been combined with nutrient (nitrate, nitrite, phosphate, silicate) and oxygen data to produce a table outlining the chemical characteristics of each of the water masses. Eastern North Atlantic Water (ENAW) moving north through the Trough gains nutrients from a branch of the North Atlantic Current (NAC). Mediterranean Water (MW) was identified as a warm saline core, with characteristically low oxygen and low preformed nutrients along the Irish continental shelf break near 53°N. Found at a similar density level at the southern entrance to the Trough, Sub Arctic Intermediate Water (SAIW) has relatively high oxygen and preformed nutrients, likely entrained from the subpolar gyre when it was formed. LSW was identified as a prominent water mass between 1500–2000 m deep, with characteristically high oxygen content. Lower silicate, and to a lesser extent preformed nitrate, in 2009 coincide with a freshening of Labrador Sea Water (LSW) relative to other years, and could indicate a stronger influence from the Labrador Current when it was formed. Finally, traces of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) were found as far north as 53°N, indicated by a sharp increase in nutrient concentrations, particularly silicate in the deepest parts of the Trough.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherElsevieren_GB
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDeep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers;61(1)
dc.subjectWater massesen_GB
dc.subjectNutrientsen_GB
dc.subjectOxygenen_GB
dc.subjectSalinityen_GB
dc.subjectRockall Troughen_GB
dc.subjectNorth Atlanticen_GB
dc.titleChemical characteristics of water masses in the Rockall Troughen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
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