The importance of the terrigenous fraction within a cold-water coral mound: A case study

• Published in: Marine Geology
• Main Authors: Pirlet, H., Colin, C., Thierens, M., Latruwe, K., Van Rooij, D., Foubert, A., Frank, N., Blamart, D., Huvenne, V. A. I., Swennen, R., Vanhaecke, F., Henriet, J.-P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Canada; Greenland; Porcupine Seabight; Ice Sheet; Iceland
• Online Access: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=199046

In the nineties, cold-water coral mounds were discovered in the Porcupine Seabight (NE Atlantic, west of Ireland). A decade later, this discovery led to the drilling of the entire Challenger cold-water coral mound (Eastern slope, Porcupine Seabight) during IODP Expedition 307. As more than 50% of th...