Across-Shelf Transport on a Continental Shelf: Do Across-Shelf Winds Matter?

Observations of Cross-Shelf Flow Driven by Cross-Shelf Winds on the Inner Continental Shelf

Six-yr-long time series of winds, waves, and water velocity from a cabled coastal observatory in 12 m of water reveal the separate dependence of the cross-shelf velocity profile on cross-shelf and along-shelf winds, waves, and tides. During small waves, cross-shelf wind is the dominant mechanism driving the cross-shelf circulation after tides and tidal residual motions are removed. The along-sh...

Monaco: the shallow continental shelf.

Stable isotope variations in benthic filter feeders across a large depth gradient on the continental shelf

Spatial variations in carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes (d13C and d15N) of benthic filter feeders were investigated on an inshore-offshore gradient (0e250 km) along the continental shelf of the northern Bay of Biscay (NE Atlantic Ocean). d13C and d15N values were measured in muscle tissues of four filter-feeding mollusc species (epifaunal: Pecten maximus, Aequipecten opercularis; infaunal: Gl...

Drilling Productivity on the Norwegian Continental Shelf

Recently, we have seen falling oil prices combined with sticky costs at a high level in the petroleum industry. This cause cost cuts and project postponements, thus challenging reserve replacement of oil companies and security of supply for consumers. Costs are particularly high for drilling. High rig rates are obviously important. In new contracts for high-spec semi rigs on the Norwegian Conti...

Shelf-edge deltas and drowned barrier–island complexes on the northwest Florida outer continental shelf

A high-resolution multibeam survey of the northwest Florida shelf mapped six relict shelf-edge deltas, each with a drowned barrier–island system developed on its south and southwestern rims. The deltas appear to have formed during periods of sealevel stasis that occurred between 58,000 and 28,000 years ago. The barrier islands formed on the deltas during periods of slow regression during this s...