Processes of sedimentation in Gollum Channel, Porcupine Seabight: submersible observations and sediment analyses

• Published in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Tudhope, Alexander W., Scoffin, Terence P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1995
• Subjects: Paleontology; Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous); Porcupine Seabight; Lophelia pertusa
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0263593300002157; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0263593300002157

Abstract Manned submersible dives were conducted in the submarine canyon channel system of Porcupine Seabight, NE Atlantic Ocean. Visual observations were made, and sediment samples collected and analysed to elucidate the nature of the sedimentary regime. In the upper part of the canyon (480-940 m w...