The Enya mounds: A lost mound-drift competition

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 849-863

  Van Rooij, David ^a,b   Huvenne, V A I ^c   Blamart, D ^b   Henriet, J P ^a   Wheeler, A ^d   de Haas, H ^e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cold water coral banks; Contourite drift; Pockmarks; Seismic stratigraphy; Unconformity

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM CURRENT; CONTOURITE; CORAL; POCKMARK; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; UNCONFORMITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

ANTHOZOA; BELGICA;

EID: 67349161407     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-007-0293-9     Document Type: Article

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