High-resolution facies zonation within a cold-water coral mound: The case of the Piddington Mound, Porcupine Seabight, NE Atlantic

• Published in: Marine Geology
• Main Authors: Lim, Aaron, Wheeler, Andrew J., Arnaubec, Aurelien
• Other Authors: Positionnement, Robotique, Acoustique et Optique (PRAO), Systèmes Sous-Marins (SM), Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2017
• Subjects: [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Porcupine Seabight; Lophelia pertusa; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-04201896; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2017.06.009

Framework-forming cold-water corals (CWC's) such as Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata generate positive topographic features on the seabed called CWC mounds. In the North East Atlantic, CWC mounds have been studied in detail and reveal heterogeneous spatial on-mound organisation of coral p...