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Surface current patterns suggested by suspended sediment distribution over the outer continental margin, Bering Sea

January 1, 1987

Samples of total suspended matter (TSM) were collected at the surface over the northern outer continental margin of the Bering Sea during the summers of 1980 and 1981. Volume concentrations of surface TSM averaged 0.6 and 1.1 mg l-1 for 1980 and 1981, respectively. Organic matter, largely plankton, made up about 65% of the near-surface TSM for both years. Distributions of TSM suggested that shelf circulation patterns were characterized either by meso- and large- scale eddies or by cross-shelf components of flow superimposed on a general northwesterly net drift. These patterns may be caused by large submarine canyons which dominate the physiography of this part of the Bering Sea continental margin. ?? 1987.

Publication Year 1987
Title Surface current patterns suggested by suspended sediment distribution over the outer continental margin, Bering Sea
Authors Herman A. Karl, P. R. Carlson
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Marine Geology
Index ID 70014629
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse