X-ray imagery and physical core logging as a proxy of the content of sediment cores in cold-water coral mound provinces: A case study from Porcupine Seabight, SW of Ireland

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 141-158

  Foubert, Anneleen ^a   Rooij, D ^a,b   Blamart, D ^b   Henriet, J P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Carbonate mounds; Palaeoceanography; Physical core logging; Porcupine basin; X ray imagery

Indexed keywords

COLD WATER; CORAL RECORD; CORE LOGGING; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HEINRICH EVENT; ICE RAFTING; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION; X-RAY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PORCUPINE SEABIGHT;

ANTHOZOA; BELGICA;

EID: 33846036285     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-006-0087-5     Document Type: Article

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