Upwelling influence on the Galician coast: silicate in shelf water and underlying surface sediments
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-Local characteristics in the upwelling of Galicia (NW Iberian Peninsula) are studied in terms of dissolved silicate patterns in the seawater column and opal distribution in the sediments. Freshwater input, upwelling, remineralization and sedimentation are considered. The freshwater silicate input is not important during the upwelling season. Upwelling is the main process controlling silicate biogeochemistry activity in the coastal zone. Areas of silicate remineralisation in the seawater column and opal abundance in surface sediment practically coincide. These together define the coastal limit of upwelling influence and its diverse local effects. Galician upwelling is important in the area surrounding three well-defined zones; Cape Finisterre, Cape Prior and La Coruña Canyon. South of Finisterre upwelling is more intense and closer to the coast. To the north, it is discontinuous and keeps distant from the coast, being near to the edge of the continental shelf.
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