Contourite drift off Madeira Island (Northeast Atlantic) and implications to Cenozoic bottom-current circulation

European Geosciences Union General Assembly (2017. Viena) During the last decades several works have been carried out on the morphosedimentary processes driven by bottom-currents in several continental margins and abyssal plains worldwide. However these processes still remain poorly understood on de...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Roque, Cristina, Hernández-Molina, Francisco J., Madureira, Pedro Miguel, Quartau, Rui, Magalhães, Vitor Hugo, Carrara, Gabriela, Santos de Campos, Aldino, Brandão, Filipe, Vázquez, Juan Tomás, Somoza, Luis
Format: Conference Object
Language:unknown
Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/273744
Description
Summary:European Geosciences Union General Assembly (2017. Viena) During the last decades several works have been carried out on the morphosedimentary processes driven by bottom-currents in several continental margins and abyssal plains worldwide. However these processes still remain poorly understood on deep-water settings and particularly around oceanic islands. This study is focused on the offshore of Madeira Island (Portugal), which is located in the Northeast Atlantic at about 700 km west of NW Africa. Estrutura de Missão para a Extensão da Plataforma Continental, Portugal Instituto Dom Luiz, Portugal Royal Holloway, University of London, Reino Unido Universidade de Évora, Portugal Instituto Hidrográfico, Portugal Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal GEOPHI Srl, Italia Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, España Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, España