Sedimentary processes and cold-water coral mini-mounds at the Ferrol canyon head, NW Iberian margin

The western Iberian margin has a complex morphology controlled by both geological and oceanographic processes. Compared to the submarine canyons in the southern part of this margin (e.g. Nazare and Setubal), the canyons in the northern part (e.g. Ferrol and A Corufia) have received little attention....

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Published in:Progress in Oceanography
Main Authors: Collart, Tim, Verreydt, Wencke, Hernández-Molina, F Javier, Llave, Estefanía, León, Ricardo, Gómez-Ballesteros, María, Pons-Branchu, Edwige, Stewart, Heather, Van Rooij, David
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Submarine canyon processes
Bottom currents
Mediterranean outflow water
Intemal tides
Cold-water corals
Pockmarks
NW Iberian margin
CONTOURITE DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM
EASTERN NORTH-ATLANTIC
ROCKALL TROUGH MARGIN
NE ATLANTIC
MEDITERRANEAN OUTFLOW
CONTINENTAL-MARGIN
SUBMARINE CANYONS
LOPHELIA-PERTUSA
INTERNAL WAVES
GALICIA-BANK
Rockall Trough
Lophelia pertusa
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8586595
http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8586595
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2018.02.027
https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8586595/file/8586596

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