Mineralogical study of two sites in the abyssal plains of Madeira and Nares (North Atlantic Ocean) ESOPE cruise

• Main Authors: Latouche, Claude, Maillet, Noèle, Auffret, Gérard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Strasbourg : Institut de Géologie – Université Louis-Pasteur 1990
• Subjects: Nares; Pasteur; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://www.persee.fr/doc/sgeol_0302-2684_1990_act_88_1_2171

Mineraiogical analyses (bulk sediment and <2μum clay fraction) were carried out on the sediment deposits from the abyssal plains of Madeira (NE Atlantic) and Nares (NW Atlantic) these deposits were sampled during the ESOPE océanographie cruise organised by IFREMER. In spite of the depth of the ba...