Thérèse Mound: A case study of coral bank development in the Belgica Mound Province, Porcupine Seabight

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-120

  De Mol, Ben ^a,b   Kozachenko, Max ^c   Wheeler, Andy ^c   Alvares, Hugo ^d   Henriet, Jean Pierre ^a   Olu Le Roy, Karine ^e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e TECHNOPÔLE BREST IROISE   (France)

Author keywords

Belgica mound province; Carbonate mounds; Cold water corals; Coral banks; Lophelia pertusa; Porcupine Seabight; Th r se mound

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CORAL REEF; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT WAVE; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC DATA; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PORCUPINE SEABIGHT;

ANTHOZOA; BELGICA; LOPHELIA PERTUSA;

EID: 33846087254     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-005-0496-x     Document Type: Article

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