Bottom Residual Drift on the Continental Shelf Area of the Canadian Atlantic Coast

1967 ◽  
Vol 24 (9) ◽  
pp. 1845-1859 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. M. Lauzier
Keyword(s):  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Gulf Of Maine ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
Bay Of Fundy ◽  
Shelf Area ◽  
Residual Drift ◽  
Sea Bed ◽  
Continental Shelf Area ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

From 1961 to 1965, 14,137 sea-bed drifters were released over the Continental Shelf from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the Gulf of Maine–Bay of Fundy to investigate the residual drift along the bottom. A total of 2772 drifters were recovered either from the sea floor or along the shores. The recovery pattern, in time and in space, is studied for various portions of the Shelf.The inferred residual bottom drift is shown in a series of three charts. The estimated rate of drift lies between 0.2 and 0.7 nautical mile/day. The continuity of bottom drift over large areas is indicated. The relationship of surface to bottom drift is studied. Areas of convergence and upwelling are emphasized. No seasonal variations in the direction of bottom drift and in the speed have as yet been detected.

Recent coastal submergence of the Maritime Provinces, Canada

1970 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 676-689 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas R. Grant
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Models ◽  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Gulf Of Maine ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
High Tide ◽  
The Other ◽  
Tidal Range ◽  
Bay Of Fundy ◽  
Maritime Provinces

Hydrographic, archeologic, and geologic evidence indicates that for the last 4000 y the Maritime Provinces have been submerging three to five times faster than the 6 cm/century rate of eustatic rise of sea level. After correcting for the eustatic change, the Bay of Fundy shows an anomalous submergence of 24 cm/century, of which at least 15 cm/century is probably due mainly to rise of high tide, or increase of tidal range, beginning 4000–6000 y ago as eustatic sea-level rise widened and deepened the entrance to the Gulf of Maine. Submergence of the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, on the other hand, exceeds the eustatic rate by 9 cm/century, which can be largely explained by new mathematical models as isostatic subsidence of the earth's crust as the sea deepened eustatically over the continental shelf. Only a small part of the residual anomalies of 9 cm and 4 cm/century for the Fundy and Atlantic coasts, respectively, can be attributed to a combination of additional subsidence due to geosynclinal downwarping and relaxation of a possible glacier-margin peripheral bulge, thereby implicating other modes of regional crustal lowering.

Tidal Resonance and Tidal Barriers in the Bay of Fundy System

1970 ◽  
Vol 27 (10) ◽  
pp. 1701-1728 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. F. D. Duff
Keyword(s):  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Gulf Of Maine ◽  
Resonant Mode ◽  
Bay Of Fundy ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Harmonic Model ◽  
Double Barrier ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Tidal Regime ◽  
Resonant Region

A near-resonant mode of oscillation extending to the continental shelf in the Gulf of Maine is shown to be a contributing factor in the extreme high M2 tidal ranges in the Bay of Fundy.The effect on the M2 tidal regime of a double barrier at Cape Chignecto is studied by two methods. A one-dimensional simple harmonic model shows the effect of placing the matching boundary at any intermediate position and defines a probable zone of values for the barrier amplitude. A two-dimensional calculation covering the entire resonant region gives an estimated amplitude reduction of 34% at the Cape Chignecto barrier site.

Organic matter content of sediments in continental shelf area of southeast coast of India

2012 ◽  
Vol 184 (12) ◽  
pp. 7247-7256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Ajmal Khan ◽  
K. G. Mohamed Thameemul Ansari ◽  
P. Somasundharanair Lyla
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Organic Matter Content ◽  
Matter Content ◽  
Shelf Area ◽  
Southeast Coast Of India ◽  
Southeast Coast ◽  
Continental Shelf Area

scholarly journals Submarine glacial landforms on the Bay of Fundy–northern Gulf of Maine continental shelf

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 429-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. J. Todd ◽  
J. Shaw ◽  
P. C. Valentine
Keyword(s):  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Gulf Of Maine ◽  
Bay Of Fundy ◽  
Glacial Landforms

scholarly journals SETTING THE ANALYSIS OF NATURAL RESOURCE USE IN CONTINENTAL AREAS OF INDONESIA BY APPLICABILITY CONVENTION LAW OF PBB 1982

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Abdul Munsharif
Keyword(s):  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Geneva Convention ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
Shelf Area ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Law ◽  
Continental Shelf Area ◽  
The Developed Countries

Before the entry into force of UNCLOS in 1982, the continental shelf area governed by Article 1 of the Convention IV Geneva Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1958, which was implemented a by Act No. 1 of 1973. The setting through 1958 Geneva Convention on the Law of the Sea benefit only for the developed countries that have the advanced technology. Although UNCLOS 1982 has been in force, but the status of Indonesian Act No. 1 of 1973 still impose as the implementation of the Geneva Conventions Of 1958. Several agreements with neighboring countries are being held between the years 1969- 19972, of course it is very detrimental to the Indonesian Government. In this case the Act No. 1 of 1973, adjusted to international law, namely UNCLOS in 1982 is expected that the regulating of the utilization of natural resources in the continental shelf of Republic Indonesia can provide a fair arrangement. It is Necessary to remember that there is a difference in perception between the Act No. 1 of 1973 with the UNCLOS in 1982 in the matter of setting the area of the continental shelf.

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