Morphological characterization of contourite and mass-wasting recent processes at the Guadalquivir Bank Margin uplift, Gulf of Cadiz
Garcia, M.; Alonso, B.; Vázquez, J.T.; Ercilla, G.; Palomino, D.; Estrada, F.; Fernández-Puga, M.C.; López Gonzalez, N.; Roque, C. (2014). Morphological characterization of contourite and mass-wasting recent processes at the Guadalquivir Bank Margin uplift, Gulf of Cadiz, in: Van Rooij, D. et al. (Ed.) Book of Abstracts. 2nd Deep-Water Circulation Congress: The Contourite Log-book. Ghent, Belgium, 10-12 September 2014. VLIZ Special Publication, 69: pp. 85-86 In: Van Rooij, D.; Rüggeberg, A. (Ed.) (2014). Book of Abstracts. 2nd Deep-Water Circulation Congress: The Contourite Log-book. Ghent, Belgium, 10-12 September 2014. VLIZ Special Publication, 69. Ghent University, Department of Geology and Soil Science/Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Oostende. xviii, 152 pp., more In: VLIZ Special Publication. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ): Oostende. ISSN 1377-0950, more |  |
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| Keywords | Aquatic sciences > Marine sciences > Earth sciences > Oceanography
Morphology
Marine/Coastal | | Author keywords | Gulf of Cadiz CDS; Swath bathymetry |
| Authors | | Top | - Garcia, M., more
- Alonso, B.
- Vázquez, J.T.
| - Ercilla, G.
- Palomino, D.
- Estrada, F.
| - Fernández-Puga, M.C.
- López Gonzalez, N.
- Roque, C.
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| Abstract | The Gulf of Cadiz records the interplay of a variety of sedimentary processes related to the circulation of water masses. The most important one is the Mediterranean Outflow Water (MOW) that exits the Mediterranean Sea, but other water masses also affect the seafloor, with complex variations along time and space. This work studies the interplay between oceanographic and gravitational sedimentary processes on the Guadalquivir Ridge, based on bathymetry and high-resolution seismic profiles. A series of morphological features including flat terraces, circular/elliptical depressions, semicircular scarps and valley-shaped features are analysed in order to better understand the interaction between water masses circulation and mass-wasting processes of the Gulf of Cadiz. |
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