Publications by research area

NOC staff publications in selected science research area

2003

Giant carbonate mounds and current swept seafloors on the slopes of the southern Rockall Trough

Flow processes in the Saharan debris flow

The continental rise west of Porcupine Seabight, northeast Atlantic

Interpretation of side-mounted bender element results using phase shift and group velocity

Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results. Vol. 183. Kerguelen Plateau-Broken Ridge: a large Igneous province: covering Leg 183 DV "Joides Resolution", Fremantle, Australia, to Fremantle, Australia, Sites 1135-1142, 7 Dec 1998-11 Feb

The alternative density structures of cold/saltwater pools on a sloping bottom: the role of friction

Observations of the physical structure and seasonal jet-like circulation of the Celtic Sea and St. George's Channel of the Irish Sea

Sinuous pockmark belt as indicator of a shallow buried turbiditic channel on the lower slope of the Congo Basin, West African Margin

Canyon switching in the Moroccan Turbidite System, Northwest African margin

Sandy contourites and pathways of the Norwegian Sea overflow water, west of the Faeroe Bank Channel

Turbidity current processes and deposits in the Moroccan Turbidite system

Further developments in ‘Black Brant’ identification, including the effects of body moult on the wintering grounds

Seismic evidence of current-controlled sedimentation in the Belgica mound province, upper Porcupine slope, southwest of Ireland

Slope instability of continental margins

A 3D seismic study of the morphology and spatial distribution of buried coral banks in the Porcupine Basin, SW of Ireland

Polygonal fault systems on the mid-Norwegian margin: a long term source for fluid flow

Letter to Nature. Low-light-adapted Prochlorococcus species possess specific antennae for each photosystem

AUVs: designing and operating next generation vehicles

A comparison of simultaneous measurements from shipboard VM-150 and OS-75 acoustic Doppler current profilers

In situ investigation of burst swimming and muscle performance in the deep-sea fish Antimora rostrata (Gunther, 1878)

Selective feeding by benthic foraminifera on phytodetritus on the western Antarctic Peninsula shelf: evidence from fatty acid biomarker analysis

Transport and variability of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage

An investigation of avoidance by Antarctic krill of RRS James Clark Ross using the Autosub-2 autonomous underwater vehicle

On the reliability of the Autosub autonomous underwater vehicle

Canary Islands landslides and tsunami generation

The role of free gas in the activation of submarine slides in Finneidfjord

Multisensor monitoring of plume dynamics in the north-western Mediterranean

The influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation on sea level in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea derived from satellite altimetry

Variability of Mediterranean and Black Sea sea level and its forcing

The role of diatoms in regulating the ocean's silicon cycle

Rapid Climate Change (RAPID) - a new UK programme (abstract of poster to be presented at: AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, 26-30 January 2004, Portland, Oregon)

A global analysis of the diurnal sea surface temperature cycle (abstract of paper to be presented at: AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, 26-30 January 2004, Portland, Oregon)

Life on "Discovery" forty years ago

Observations of seasonal exchange through the Straits of Hormuz and the inferred heat and freshwater budgets of the Persian Gulf

Seafloor sediments and sedimentary processes on the outer continental shelf, continental slope and basin floor

Improving merchant ship air temperatures using an analytical model of the heating errors

Retroflection or retro-fiction - whither the East Madagascar Current? (abstract of poster to be presented at: AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, 26-30 January 2004, Portland, Oregon)

New and export production deduced from the annual cycle of dissolved organic matter in the Irminger Basin (abstract to be presented at: AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, 26-30 January 2004, Portland, Oregon)

On the role of biological dynamics in plankton patchiness at the mesoscale: an example from the north east Atlantic (abstract of poster to be presented at: AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, 26-30 January 2004, Portland, Oregon)

Seasonality and selectivity in the feeding ecology and reproductive biology of deep-sea bathyal holothurians

A full ocean depth UV-spectrophotometer for nitrate measurements

Sea surface roughness: high winds and short fetches

Internal tides and mixing in the Indian Ocean (abstract of paper to be presented at: AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, 26-30 January 2004, Portland, Oregon)

Hydrothermal plume processes in the Indian Ocean (abstract of paper to be presented at: AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, 26-30 January 2004, Portland, Oregon)

The influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation on sea-level variability in the North Atlantic region

Particle export in the North Atlantic: an integrated attack using production rates, tracres and a novel drifting sediment trap (abstract of paper to be presented at: AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, 26-30 January 2004, Portland, Oregon)

Is long-term change in the abyssal Northeast Atlantic driven by qualitative changes in export flux? Evidence from selective feeding in deep-sea holothurians

A holographic system for subsea recording and analysis of plankton and other marine particles (HOLOMAR)

Long extra-tropical planetary wave propagation in the presence of slowly varying mean flow and bottom topography. II: ray propagation and comparison with observations