Reconstruction of the formation history of the Darwin Mounds, N Rockall Trough: How the dynamics of a sandy contourite affected cold-water coral growth

• Published in: Marine Geology
• Main Authors: Victorero, Lissette, Blamart, Dominique, Pons-Branchu, Edwige, Mavrogordato, Mark N., Huvenne, Veerle A.I.
• Other Authors: Ocean and Earth Science Southampton, University of Southampton-National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Paléocéanographie (PALEOCEAN), Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement Gif-sur-Yvette (LSCE), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Géochrononologie Traceurs Archéométrie (GEOTRAC), University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre Southampton (NOC)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2016
• Subjects: Lophelia pertusa; Cold-water coral mounds; North-east Atlantic; Darwin Mounds; Contourite; CT-scan; [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces; environment; [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; Rockall Trough; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01587334; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01587334/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01587334/file/01587334Y.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2015.12.001

International audience Cold-water coral mounds, formed through a feed-back process of cold-water coral growth and sediment baffling, have been studied all along the NE Atlantic continental margin. However, major questions remain concerning their formation history, especially their initiation and ear...