Residual vorticity induced by the action of tidal currents in combination with bottom topography in the Southern Bight of the North Sea

1981 ◽  
Vol 18 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 93-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. J. Komen ◽  
H. W. Riepma
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Bottom Topography ◽  
Tidal Currents ◽  
Southern Bight ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Sea

Benthos of a Sublittoral Sandbank in the Southern Bight of the North Sea: General Considerations

1982 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 549-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. A. Willems ◽  
C. Vanosmael ◽  
D. Claeys ◽  
M. Vincx ◽  
C. Heip
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Tidal Currents ◽  
Physical Disturbance ◽  
Sea Floor ◽  
Southern Bight ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Sea

In two previous papers (Vanosmael et al. 1982; Willems et al. 1982) the macrofauna and meiofauna of a sublittoral sandbank in the Belgian coastal waters of the North Sea were described. This sandbank, the Kwinte Bank, is one of a series of parallel linear banks, the Flemish Banks, which are 15–25 km long and 3–6 km wide and rise about 25 m above the surrounding sea-floor. They are stressed, high-energy environments, subject to extreme physical disturbance by the very strong tidal currents which run parallel to the long axis of the sandbank and which put the whole upper layer of the sediment in a state of suspension at times.

Macrobenthos of a Sublittoral Sandbank in the Southern Bight of the North Sea

1982 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 521-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Vanosmael ◽  
K. A. Willems ◽  
D. Claeys ◽  
M. Vincx ◽  
C. Heip
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Tidal Currents ◽  
English Channel ◽  
Marine Transgression ◽  
Sea Floor ◽  
Southern Bight ◽  
Glacial Origin ◽  
The North ◽  
Belgian Coast ◽  
The North Sea

In the Southern Bight of the North Sea, off the Belgian coast, exists a series of parallel sublittoral sandbanks, the Flemish Banks, situated in a southwest-northeastern direction, 15–25 km long and 3–6 km wide. They are separated by channels, 4–6 km wide, and rise about 25 m above the surrounding sea-floor (Fig. 1). These sandbanks resulted from the accumulation of sandy deposits of glacial origin sedimented by the giant stream draining the waters from the present Rhine, Meuse, Scheldt and Thames before the Flandrian marine transgression about 12000 years ago. When from boreal times onwards the North Sea became slowly inundated, a connexion existed with the small English Channel which gradually enlarged, resulting in the very strong tidal currents which are responsible for the present geomorphology of the region.

Dynamic patterns of dissolved nitrogen in the Southern Bight of the North Sea

1984 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 499-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Willy Baeyens ◽  
Jean-Paul Mommaerts ◽  
Leo Goeyens ◽  
Frank Dehairs ◽  
Hugues Dedeurwaerder ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Southern Bight ◽  
Dissolved Nitrogen ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
Dynamic Patterns

Fluxes and Sources of Heavy Metal Inputs into the Southern Bight of the North Sea

1992 ◽  
pp. 185-193
Author(s):  
R. Van Grieken ◽  
J. Injuk ◽  
P. Otten ◽  
C. Rojas ◽  
H. Van Malderen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
North Sea ◽  
Southern Bight ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Sea
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