TY - JOUR
T1 - Oceanography and sedimentation in the semi-enclosed, deep-water Gulf of Corinth (Greece)
AU - Poulos, S.
AU - Collins, M.
AU - Pattiaratchi, Charitha
AU - Cramp, A.
AU - Gull, W.
AU - Tsimplis, M.
AU - Papatheodorou, G.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Sedimentological and oceanographic characteristics in the Gulf of Corinth are examined, to define modern sedimentation processes over its central part; this is a restricted deep water body (depths >900 m), with a sill depth of 65 m.CTD data collected in May 1983 indicate the presence of a thermocline layer (0-60 m) associated with a rapid temperature decrease. This layer is separated from an almost uniform bottom water mass (>100 m) by a transitional zone (60-100 m), in which temperature decreases gradually with depth. The salinity remains almost constant (38.5+/-0.1 psu) throughout the whole of the water column. Dissolved oxygen levels vary from 1.9 to 2.6 ml/1; in water depths >600 m, these indicate the absence of anoxic conditions. Near-bed currents are
AB - Sedimentological and oceanographic characteristics in the Gulf of Corinth are examined, to define modern sedimentation processes over its central part; this is a restricted deep water body (depths >900 m), with a sill depth of 65 m.CTD data collected in May 1983 indicate the presence of a thermocline layer (0-60 m) associated with a rapid temperature decrease. This layer is separated from an almost uniform bottom water mass (>100 m) by a transitional zone (60-100 m), in which temperature decreases gradually with depth. The salinity remains almost constant (38.5+/-0.1 psu) throughout the whole of the water column. Dissolved oxygen levels vary from 1.9 to 2.6 ml/1; in water depths >600 m, these indicate the absence of anoxic conditions. Near-bed currents are
U2 - 10.1016/0025-3227(96)00028-X
DO - 10.1016/0025-3227(96)00028-X
M3 - Article
VL - 134
SP - 213
EP - 235
JO - Marine Geology
JF - Marine Geology
IS - 3-4
ER -