Growth history of a cold-water coral covered carbonate mound - Galway Mound, Porcupine Seabight, NE-Atlantic

• Published in: Marine Geology
• Main Authors: Eisele, M., Hebbeln, D., Wienberg, C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Lophelia; Porcupine Seabight; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=211305

During the past decade, knowledge about the ecology and the environment of giant carbonate mounds has been growing continuously. However, still little is known about their growth dynamics. Three gravity cores from Galway Mound, Belgica Mound Province in the Porcupine Seabight off Ireland, were inves...