Microplastics and nanoplastics in the environment: Macroscopic transport and effects on creatures

D Huang, J Tao, M Cheng, R Deng, S Chen… - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Industrial progress has brought us an important polymer material, ie plastic. Because of
mass production and use, and improper management and disposal, plastic pollution has …

Dispersion, accumulation, and the ultimate fate of microplastics in deep-marine environments: a review and future directions

IA Kane, MA Clare - Frontiers in earth science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
An estimated 8.3 billion tons of non-biodegradable plastic has been produced over the last
65 years. Much of this is not recycled and is disposed into the natural environment, has a …

Contemporary sediment-transport processes in submarine canyons

P Puig, A Palanques, J Martín - Annual review of marine science, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Submarine canyons are morphological incisions into continental margins that act as major
conduits of sediment from shallow-to deep-sea regions. However, the exact mechanisms …

New perspectives on deep-water sandstones: Implications

G Shanmugam - Petroleum Exploration and Development, 2013 - Elsevier
The emerging new concepts of sandy mass-transport deposits (SMTD) and bottom-current
reworked sands (BCRS) have made a big impact on conventional turbidite concepts …

Influence of water masses on the biodiversity and biogeography of deep-sea benthic ecosystems in the North Atlantic

P Puerta, C Johnson, M Carreiro-Silva… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Circulation patterns in the North Atlantic Ocean have changed and re-organized multiple
times over millions of years, influencing the biodiversity, distribution, and connectivity …

Transport and accumulation of litter in submarine canyons: a geoscience perspective

M Pierdomenico, A Bernhardt… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Marine litter is one of the most pervasive and fast-growing aspects of contamination in the
global ocean, and has been observed in every environmental setting, including the deep …

[PDF][PDF] 深水砂体成因研究新进展

G Shanmugam - 石油勘探与开发, 2013 - cpedm.com
在深水重力流研究中, 传统浊流理论正受到砂质块体搬运和底流再改造砂体概念的冲击.
陆架边缘沉积物滑塌是重力流驱动沉积过程最普遍的诱因, 块体搬运过程(包含滑动 …

Modern internal waves and internal tides along oceanic pycnoclines: Challenges and implications for ancient deep-marine baroclinic sands

G Shanmugam - AAPG bulletin, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Thus far, the subject of deep-marine sands emplaced by baroclinic currents associated with
internal waves and internal tides as potential reservoirs has remained an alien topic in …

Priority and emerging micropollutants distribution from coastal to continental slope sediments: A case study of Capbreton Submarine Canyon (North Atlantic Ocean)

A Azaroff, C Miossec, L Lanceleur… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Incising continental margins, submarine canyons are key issue for understanding shelf/deep
sea exchange of particulate pollutant, impact on marine ecosystem and global geochemical …

The Whittard Canyon–A case study of submarine canyon processes

T Amaro, VAI Huvenne, AL Allcock, T Aslam… - Progress in …, 2016 - Elsevier
Submarine canyons are large geomorphological features that incise continental shelves and
slopes around the world. They are often suggested to be biodiversity and biomass hotspots …