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Continental Shelf Break and Continental Shelf
Important Processes at the Shelf Break:
Shelf Break Fronts
Eddies and meanders
IntrusionsShelf Break Depth - Ekman DynamicsProperty exchange through Canyons
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SHELF BREAK FRONTS
A hydrographic section through the shelf break front on the shelf of the Mid-Atlantic Bight, taken south of Rhode Island in April 1974. After Flagg and Beardsley (1975), adapted from Bowman and Esaias (1978).
© 1996 M. Tomczak
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SHELF BREAK FRONTS
The shelf break front of Bass Strait. Left: Sea surface temperature (°C, top), salinity (middle) and density (bottom). Right: Vertical density sections across the front, south (top) and north-east (bottom) of the Cascade. As indicated by the 26.55 and 26.60 contours, the front is attached to the bottom south of the Cascade but lifted off the bottom, indicating movement down the slope, in the north. The approximate position of the two vertical sections is indicated by the black lines in the temperature map (a). Adapted from Tomczak (1985).
© 2000 M. Tomczak
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EDDIES AND MEANDERS
Cause large cross-isobath flows
Frontal eddiesFrontal eddiesSmall cold-core cyclonic featuresEnhance shelf/ocean exchanges
Meanders
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MEANDERS
WARM-CORE RINGS
COLD-CORE RINGS
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Importance of shelf break depth on shelf/ocean exchange
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Importance of canyons
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Canyons favor injection of ocean materials to coastal environments
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Sometimes really close to the coast
But they may also serve as conduits of terrigenous materials to the open ocean
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Dynamics of Wind-Dominated Shelves (e.g. western coast of U.S.)
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Across-shelf dynamics:
Integrating throughout the water column:
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Continental Shelves Influenced by Freshwater (Large Scale)
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Across-shore
Semigeostrophic
Dynamics
Similar to
Shallow Shelves
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CoherentCoastal Current
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Mid-Atlantic Bight
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Green
land
Norway
Iceland
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Gaspé Peninsula
Québec
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
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Anticosti Island
Gaspé Peninsula
Québec
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Gaspé Peninsula
Québec
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
What is the transverse length scale?
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Internal radius of deformation orInternal Rossby radius
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Continental Shelves Influenced by Fresh Water (small scale)
Non-linear effects may be influential
Coriolis not
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Radial Plume - Pulsating
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Radial Plume - Pulsating
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Results by Neil Banas, U. of Washington
What if wind is important?
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Component Non-linear
Coriolis Pressure
Gradient
Wind Stress
Other Stresses
Narrow and deep shelves
cross-shelf X XX X XX Xalong-shelf X X XX XX X
Shallow shelves cross-shelf X XX XX X Xalong-shelf X X XX XX XX
Shelves influenced by fresh water
cross-shelf X XX XX X X(large scale) along-shelf X X XX XX XXShelves influenced by fresh water
cross-shelf XX X XX X X(small scale) along-shelf XX X XX X X
Steady Dynamics Over Continental Shelves
XX - Dominant ForcingX - may be dominantX - weak