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On the formation of the outflow through the Strait of Gibraltar
Author(s) -
Roether W.,
Weiss W.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl002i007p00301
Subject(s) - outflow , tritium , mediterranean sea , oceanography , mediterranean climate , salinity , geology , environmental science , geography , archaeology , physics , nuclear physics
From the tritium to salinity relationship on stations occupied in early 1974 on both sides of the Strait of Gibraltar, a mean tritium concentration of 1.6 ± 0.2 TU (1 sigma) is derived for the original Mediterranean water that feeds the outflow. The same tritium concentration is observed in the Mediterranean near to the Strait (Alboran Sea) in about 700 m depth. The layers shallower than about 450 m have so much higher tritium concentration that it can be concluded that they contribute only a small fraction of the outflow.