Interactions between along-slope bottom currents and down-slope turbidity flows can create a myriad of features and deposits. Despite numerous efforts to differentiate contourites from …
The distinction between turbidites, contourites and hemipelagites in modern and ancient deep-water systems has long been a matter of controversy. This is partly because the …
T Mulder, JPM Syvitski, S Migeon, JC Faugères… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2003 - Elsevier
Hyperpycnal flows form in the marine environment when river discharge enters the ocean with suspended concentrations in excess of 36 kg m− 3 due to buoyancy considerations, or …
M Fonnesu, D Palermo, M Galbiati… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2020 - Elsevier
The discovery of the super-giant Coral and Mamba gas fields in the offshore of Northern Mozambique provides a unique insight into the architecture of a new deep-water play-type …
Deep-water sediment waves can be classified using a combination of grain size and wave- forming process, although in some cases one or other of these criteria may be …
DAV Stow, M Mayall - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2000 - Elsevier
One of the principal scientific, technical and environmental challenges for the next century is undoubtedly the exploration and understanding of the deep oceans. Close collaboration …
DAV Stow, JC Faugères, JA Howe… - Geological Society …, 2002 - lyellcollection.org
This paper provides both an introduction to and summary for the Atlas of Contourite Systems that has been compiled as part of the International Geological Correlation Project-IGCP 432 …
A wide variety of bedforms, both depositional and erosional in origin, has been recognized on the deep seafloor and attributed to the influence of bottom currents. These range in scale …
J Frey-Martínez, J Cartwright, D James - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2006 - Elsevier
Three-dimensional (3D) seismic data from the continental margin offshore Israel (Eastern Mediterranean) have been used to analyse the compressional structures within the toe …