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 …

Recent sediment transport and deposition in the Nazaré Canyon, Portuguese continental margin

HC de Stigter, W Boer, PA de Jesus Mendes, CC Jesus… - Marine Geology, 2007 - Elsevier
Processes, pathways and fluxes of sediment transport and deposition in the Nazaré
submarine canyon, Portuguese continental margin, were investigated by water column …

Morphostructure and evolution of submarine canyons across an active margin: Cook Strait sector of the Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand

JJ Mountjoy, PM Barnes, JR Pettinga - Marine Geology, 2009 - Elsevier
The Cook Strait sector of the Hikurangi Margin contains several canyons including New
Zealand's largest canyon, the multi-branched shelf-indenting Cook Strait Canyon. The …

Gravity processes and deposits on continental slope, rise and abyssal plains

T Mulder - Developments in Sedimentology, 2011 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the gravity processes and deposits on
continental slope, rise, and abyssal plains. The impact on human infrastructure helps in …

Deep-water turbidite systems: a review of their elements, sedimentary processes and depositional models. Their characteristics on the Iberian margins

M Garcia, G Ercilla, B Alonso, F Estrada, G Jane… - 2015 - digital.csic.es
[EN] Turbidite systems or submarine fans are considered the most important clastic
accumulations in the deep sea and represent the sediment-transfer system between the …

Flood deposits in continental and marine environments: character and significance

T Mulder, E Chapron - 2011 - archives.datapages.com
AAPG Datapages/Archives: Flood Deposits in Continental and Marine Environments: Character
and Significance Datapages Datapages Home Associated Websites Archives Search and …

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 …

Geomorphology and sedimentary features in the Central Portuguese submarine canyons, Western Iberian margin

G Lastras, RG Arzola, DG Masson, RB Wynn… - Geomorphology, 2009 - Elsevier
The Central Portuguese submarine canyons (Nazaré, Cascais and Setúbal–Lisbon
canyons) dissect the Western Iberian margin in an east–west direction from the continental …

Nematode diversity and its relation to the quantity and quality of sedimentary organic matter in the deep Nazaré Canyon, Western Iberian Margin

J Ingels, K Kiriakoulakis, GA Wolff… - Deep Sea Research Part I …, 2009 - Elsevier
Samples collected in the deep Nazaré Canyon and at the adjacent slope, during the
HERMES RRS Discovery D297 cruise (2005), were analysed for metazoan meiofauna …

The deep seismic reflection MARCONI-3 profile: Role of extensional Mesozoic structure during the Pyrenean contractional deformation at the eastern part of the Bay of …

O Ferrer, E Roca, B Benjumea, JA Muñoz… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2008 - Elsevier
The new MARCONI-3 deep seismic profile allows recognition of the upper crustal structure
of the eastern part of the Bay of Biscay and the main features of its Alpine geodynamic …