Enigmatic deep-water mounds on the Orphan Knoll, Labrador Sea

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Meredyk, Shawn P., Edinger, Evan, Piper, David J. W., Huvenne, Veerle A. I., Hoy, Shannon, Ruffman, Alan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Newfoundland; Orphan Knoll; Labrador Sea
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/437799/; https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/437799/1/fmars_06_00744.pdf

Deep-sea mounds can have a variety of origins and may provide hard-substrate features in depths that are normally dominated by mud. Orphan Knoll, a 2 km high bedrock horst off northeast Newfoundland, hosts more than 200 mounds, or mound complexes, of unknown composition, in water depths of 1720–2500...