Turbidite and contourite sediment waves in the northern Rockall Trough, North Atlantic Ocean

• Published in: Sedimentology
• Main Author: HOWE, JOHN A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1996
• Subjects: Rockall Trough; Barra; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3091.1996.d01-1.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1365-3091.1996.d01-1.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1365-3091.1996.d01-1.x

ABSTRACT Two sediment wave fields have been identified in the northern Rockall Trough; one from the north‐eastern part of the trough, developed on the flank of an elongate sediment drift, and the other at the distal edge of the Barra Fan. Wavelengths in both areas vary from 1 to 2 km and wave height...