The distribution and composition of suspended particles in the northern Bering Sea

Zhao Mengwei; Wang Weiguo; Fang Jianyong; Wu Chengqiang; Wu Risheng; Yu Xingguang

doi:10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2016.01.008

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Zhao Mengwei, Wang Weiguo, Fang Jianyong, Wu Chengqiang, Wu Risheng, Yu Xingguang. The distribution and composition of suspended particles in the northern Bering Sea[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2016, 38(1): 82-93. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2016.01.008

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Zhao Mengwei, Wang Weiguo, Fang Jianyong, Wu Chengqiang, Wu Risheng, Yu Xingguang. The distribution and composition of suspended particles in the northern Bering Sea[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2016, 38(1): 82-93. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2016.01.008

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The distribution and composition of suspended particles in the northern Bering Sea

doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2016.01.008

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College of Marine Geoscience, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China;Marine and Coastal Geological Laboratory, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen 361005, China
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Marine and Coastal Geological Laboratory, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen 361005, China

Received Date: 2014-10-11
Rev Recd Date: 2015-03-03

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Abstract

The concentration and composition of suspended particulate matter (SPM) of the water samples,which were obtained in the northern of Bering Sea during the 4th Chinese Arctic Research Expedition,were measured to understand the distribution and origin of the SPM. The results showed that the concentration of the SPM was higher in the bottom water and lower in the surface. The surface highest SPM regions were in the west of the Bering Strait and the east of Bering Continental Shelf off the Alaska coast,while the bottom highest SPM regions were in the west of Bering Strait and the southwest of Bering Continental Shelf. The resuspension of bottom material by the shelf currents was the main reason of the higher concentration of the SPM in the bottom water. Bering Slope Current and Anadyr Current transported SPM northward,and Bering Slope Current also controlled the concentration of SPM along the shelf break zone. The concentration of SPM in bottom water decreased from south to north gradually. In the northwest of the St. Lawrence Island and off the Chukchi Peninsula,the SPM is mainly composed of diatoms,while in the east part of the Bering Sea where is also controlled by Alaskan Coastal Current the SPM is mainly composed of terrigenous clastic mineral.
- Bering Sea,
- suspended particles,
- composition,
- mass transportation

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