Articles | Volume 21, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-989-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-989-2025
Research article
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13 Jun 2025
Research article |  | 13 Jun 2025

Turbulent erosion of a subducting intrusion in the Western Mediterranean Sea

Giovanni Testa, Mathieu Dever, Mara Freilich, Amala Mahadevan, T. M. Shaun Johnston, Lorenzo Pasculli, and Francesco M. Falcieri

Data sets

CTD, UCTD, ADCP, and MSS data collected during the 2019 CALYPSO campaign in the Western Alboran Gyre Giovanni Testa et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15021606

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Short summary
In the Western Alboran Gyre, waters from the Atlantic and Mediterranean meet, creating density differences that cause some water to sink, affecting ocean ventilation and nutrient cycles. We collected data showing patches of water with higher oxygen and chlorophyll levels moving towards the gyre's center, with active mixing at their edges. This mixing diluted the patches, and other factors like water density and light penetration likely played a role in these dynamics.
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