Greenland Basin
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The Greenland Basin is a deep oceanic depression in the Arctic Ocean, lying beneath the Greenland Sea and playing a key role in cold deep-water formation and circulation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Greenland Basin canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oceanic basin
ⓘ
submarine depression ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Atlantic passive margin
ⓘ
surface form:
Greenland continental margin
Iceland Sea ⓘ Jan Mayen Fracture Zone ⓘ Mohns Ridge ⓘ |
| basinType | deep oceanic basin ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Denmark Strait overflow pathway
ⓘ
Fram Strait ⓘ Lofoten Basin ⓘ Lofoten Basin ⓘ
surface form:
Norwegian Basin
|
| containsWaterMass |
Arctic Intermediate Water
ⓘ
Greenland Sea ⓘ
surface form:
Greenland Sea Deep Water
Norwegian Sea ⓘ
surface form:
Norwegian Sea Deep Water
|
| formationMechanism | seafloor spreading and tectonic processes ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
high salinity in deep layers
ⓘ
high-latitude location ⓘ low temperatures ⓘ seasonal sea ice cover in parts ⓘ |
| hasStratification | strong vertical density gradient ⓘ |
| influences |
North Atlantic Deep Water properties
ⓘ
climate system ⓘ global ocean circulation ⓘ |
| isImportantFor |
heat storage in deep ocean layers
ⓘ
storage of anthropogenic carbon in deep ocean ⓘ ventilation of deep Arctic and Nordic Seas ⓘ |
| isPartOf | subpolar gyre system ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arctic Ocean
ⓘ
Greenland Sea ⓘ |
| oceanRegion |
Nordic Seas
ⓘ
surface form:
North Atlantic subpolar region
|
| partOf |
Nordic Seas
ⓘ
surface form:
Arctic Mediterranean
Nordic Seas ⓘ |
| playsRoleIn |
Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
ⓘ
deep-water formation ⓘ thermohaline circulation ⓘ |
| process |
brine rejection from sea ice formation
ⓘ
deep convection ⓘ dense water overflow ⓘ |
| researchField |
climate science
ⓘ
physical oceanography ⓘ polar oceanography ⓘ |
| role |
reservoir of deep waters
ⓘ
sink for dense surface waters ⓘ |
| seafloorFeatureOf | Greenland Sea ⓘ |
| underlies | Greenland Sea surface waters ⓘ |
| waterMassFormation | cold dense deep water ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.