[HTML][HTML] Benthic storms, nepheloid layers, and linkage with upper ocean dynamics in the western North Atlantic

WD Gardner, BE Tucholke, MJ Richardson, PE Biscaye - Marine Geology, 2017 - Elsevier
Benthic storms are episodic periods of strong abyssal currents and intense, benthic
nepheloid (turbid) layer development. In order to interpret the driving forces that create and …

[HTML][HTML] The distribution of benthic biomass in hadal trenches: a modelling approach to investigate the effect of vertical and lateral organic matter transport to the …

MC Ichino, MR Clark, JC Drazen, A Jamieson… - Deep Sea Research …, 2015 - Elsevier
Most of our knowledge about deep-sea habitats is limited to bathyal (200–3000 m) and
abyssal depths (3000–6000 m), while relatively little is known about the hadal zone (6000 …

Depth and latitudinal gradients of diversity in seamount benthic communities

AEH Bridges, DKA Barnes, JB Bell… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Latitudinal and bathymetric species diversity gradients in the deep sea have been
identified, but studies have rarely considered these gradients across hard substratum …

Global assessment of benthic nepheloid layers and linkage with upper ocean dynamics

WD Gardner, MJ Richardson, AV Mishonov - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Global maps of the maximum bottom concentration, thickness, and integrated particle mass
in benthic nepheloid layers are published here to support collaborations to understand deep …

Size‐fractionated compositions of marine suspended particles in the Western Arctic Ocean: Lateral and vertical sources

Y Xiang, PJ Lam - Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We present full water depth sections of size‐fractionated (1–51 μm;> 51 μm) concentrations
of suspended particulate matter and major particle phase composition (particulate organic …

Statistic and isotopic characterization of deep‐sea sediments in the western North Pacific Ocean: Implications for genesis of the sediment extremely enriched in rare …

K Yasukawa, J Ohta, T Miyazaki… - Geochemistry …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A certain type of deep‐sea sediment exhibits very high content of rare earth elements and
yttrium (REY) and is therefore expected to serve as a novel resource for these industrially …

Global comparison of benthic nepheloid layers based on 52 years of nephelometer and transmissometer measurements

WD Gardner, MJ Richardson, AV Mishonov… - Progress in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Global maps of maximum bottom particle concentration, benthic nepheloid layer thickness,
and integrated particle mass in benthic nepheloid layers (BNL) based on 2412 global …

Recent sediment dynamics in hadal trenches: evidence for the influence of higher-frequency (tidal, near-inertial) fluid dynamics

R Turnewitsch, S Falahat, J Stehlikova, K Oguri… - Deep Sea Research …, 2014 - Elsevier
In addition to high hydrostatic pressure, scarcity of food is viewed as a factor that limits the
abundance and activity of heterotrophic organisms at great ocean depths, including hadal …

The morphology of insular shelves as a key for understanding the geological evolution of volcanic islands: Insights from Terceira Island (Azores)

R Quartau, A Hipólito, C Romagnoli… - Geochemistry …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Shelves from volcanic ocean islands result from the competition between two main
processes, wave erosion that forms and enlarges them and volcanic progradation that …

[HTML][HTML] Sediment dynamics driven by contour currents and mesoscale eddies along continental slope: A case study of the northern South China Sea

H Chen, W Zhang, X Xie, J Ren - Marine Geology, 2019 - Elsevier
Based upon 3-D seismic reflection data, published drill core studies, oceanographic
observations and numerical modelling, this study identifies a small scale contourite …