Contourite characterization and its discrimination from other deep-water deposits in the Gulf of Cadiz contourite depositional system

• Published in: Sedimentology
• Main Authors: De Castro, Sandra, Hernández Molina, Francisco Javier, De Weger, Wouter, Rodríguez-Tovar, Francisco Javier, Jiménez-Espejo, Francisco J., Mena, Anxo, Llave, Estefanía, Sierro, Francisco Javier
• Other Authors: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Junta de Andalucía, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: John Wiley & Sons 2021
• Subjects: Contourites; Deep-water processes; Gulf of Cadiz; Hemipelagites; Mixed-systems; Turbidites; Holloway; McArthur; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/258983; https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12813

Despite numerous efforts to properly differentiate between contourites and other deep-water deposits in cores and outcrops, reliable diagnostic criteria are still lacking. The co-occurrence of downslope and along-slope sedimentary processes makes it particularly difficult to differentiate these rela...