Formation of heavy bottom water in the Barents Sea
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Formation of heavy bottom water through rejection of brine
during ide freezing is a regular phenomenon in the Barents Sea,
particular on the Novaya Zemlya shelf, but also observed in
other shallow localities of the sea.
Water with temperature around -1°C and salinity above 34.95
is found moving eastwards on the southern side of the Novaya
Zemlya-Franz Josef Land Channel which communicates with the
Polar Sea. The relative high salinity is a result of admixture
from heavy water formed during the freezing process.