Sedimentary patterns in the vicinity of a carbonate mound in the Hovland Mound Province, northern Porcupine Seabight

• Main Authors: Rüggeberg, Andres, Dorschel, B., Dullo, Wolf-Christian, Hebbeln, D.
• Other Authors: Freiwald, A., Roberts, M.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2005
• Subjects: Porcupine Seabight; Ice Sheet; Lophelia pertusa; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/5750/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/5750/1/Sedimentary%20patterns%20in%20the%20vicinity.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27673-4_5

Large carbonate mound structures have been discovered in the northern Porcupine Seabight (Northeast Atlantic) at depths between 600 and 1000 m. These mounds are associated with the growth of deep-sea corals Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata. In this study, three sediment cores have been analyse...