Topographic steering of the Mediterranean Outflow West of Gibraltar

• Marc Gasser ^[1] ; José Luis Pelegrí ^[1] ; Mikhail Emelianov ^[1] ; Hartmut Peters ^[3] ; Jonathan Nash ^[2] ; Sam Kelly ^[2]
  1. [1] Instituto de Ciencias del Mar

     Instituto de Ciencias del Mar

     Barcelona, España

     
  2. [2] Oregon State University

     Oregon State University

     Estados Unidos

     
  3. [3] Earth and Space Research

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• Localización: Geotemas (Madrid), ISSN 1576-5172, Nº. 11, 2010 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Deep-Water Circulation: Processes & Products. International Congress. Baitona, Pontevedra, Spain. 16 & 17 June 2010), págs. 49-50
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The Mediterranean Outflow waters experience large changes as they exit the Gibraltar Straits. Complex bathymetry steer and divide the outgoing flow, and accelerate it generating interfacial instabilities. On the other hand, the outflow creates erosional and depositional environments and shape the underlying sea bottom. Here we describe these interactions as observed on a 35 by 25 km region west of the Strait of Gibraltar during a 15-daycruise on July 2009.