Influence of benthic sediment transport on cold-water coral bank morphology and growth: The example of the Darwin Mounds, north-east Atlantic

Sedimentology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1875-1887

  Wheeler, Andrew J ^a   Kozachenko, Maxim ^a   Masson, Doug G ^b   Huvenne, Veerle A I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cold water coral; Morphometrics; Rockall Trough; Sediment transport; Sedimentary facies; Side scan sonar

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; COLD WATER; CORAL; FACIES; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SIDESCAN SONAR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DARWIN MOUNDS; PORCUPINE SEABIGHT; ROCKALL TROUGH;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 56349118156     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.00970.x     Document Type: Article

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