We report evidence for cascading of shelf-edge water down the continental slope northwest
of Ireland at 55N in February 1996. The measured surface density contrast between shelf-…

… This causes the spilling or ‘cascading‧ of relatively dense water from the shallows down the
… The net volume flux carried by the ‘slugs‧ is 18.5 times the mean winter flow into the lake …

… The removal of weakened material may be enhanced in winter by the freeze-thaw cycle. …
canyon head, where it flows through a small notch and falls as a cascade to the canyon floor. …

… we infer the duration of the active stage at the Malin shelf as 5 days. Additionally, taking into
account … Winter observations in 1988 allowed tracing of continuous high-salinity (about 35.5) …

… a, Potential temperature, potential density anomaly, current speed and suspended
sediment concentration records at 750 m depth during the cascading period of winter 2004–05. …

… they may be formed through winter convection processes. The depth of winter mixing due to
… between 600900 m depth (van Aken and Becker 1996), and will reach a maximum by March…

… by winter cooling of shallow shelf seas may cascade down the slope under gravity, eventually
leaving the sloping bottom at its density level. Typical values of such cascading fluxes are …

… response to winter cooling is the major driver of the cascade, while … in February 1996 off the
Malin shelf (Figure 6); cascading of … The saline water over the Malin shelf is provided by the …

… shelf water cascading with a strong E–SE storm. During the January deep cascading pulses,
… during the March–April deep cascading pulses sediment concentration only increased …

… Hence, for the 2005 severe cascading event, flow through canyons during the cascading …
Dense shelf water cascading in the northwestern Mediterranean during the cold winter 2005: …