The Porcupine Bank Canyon coral mounds: oceanographic and topographic steering of deep-water carbonate mound development and associated phosphatic deposition
The head of a canyon system extending along the western Porcupine Bank (west of Ireland) and which accommodates a large field of giant carbonate mounds was investigated during two cruises (INSS 2000 and TTR-13). Multibeam and sidescan sonar data (600–1,150 m water depth) suggest that the pre-existin...
Published in: | Geo-Marine Letters |
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Main Authors: | , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | unknown |
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2012
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Online Access: | https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/340760/ |