Deep Sea Sedimentation

This article offers an overview of the main sedimentary systems defining the geomorphology of deep sea environments from low to high latitudes. Mass-transport deposits, turbidite systems, contourites, volcaniclastic aprons, glacial trough mouth systems, carbonate mounds and other bathyal systems, su...

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Main Authors: Ercilla, G, Casas, D, Alonso, B., Estrada, F., Idárraga-García, J., López-González, Nieves, Pedrosa, M., Teixeira, M., Sánchez-Guillamón, Olga, Azpiroz-Zabala, M., Bárcenas-Gascón, Patricia, Chiocci, F.L., García-García, Margarita, Galindo-Zaldívar, J., Geyer, A., Gómez-Ballesteros, María, Juan-Valenzuela, Carmen, Martorelli, E., Mata, M.P., Nespereira, J., Palomino, Desirée, Rueda, José Luis, Vázquez, Juan Tomás, Yenes, M.
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022
Subjects:
Centro Oceanográfico de Cádiz
Medio Marino
sediment sources
continental margins
sea level
bottom currents
contourites
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10508/16078
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/318734
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818234-5.00129-2
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Summary:This article offers an overview of the main sedimentary systems defining the geomorphology of deep sea environments from low to high latitudes. Mass-transport deposits, turbidite systems, contourites, volcaniclastic aprons, glacial trough mouth systems, carbonate mounds and other bathyal systems, such as pelagites, hemipelagites, mid-ocean channels and polymetallic mineral deposits, are presented with special attention to their morphology, sediments, processes and controlling factors. The integration of the main systems on the continental margins and adjacent abyssal plains in the North Atlantic and westernmost Mediterranean allows to characterize different sedimentation models.

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