Cold-water coral mounds in an erosive environmental setting: TOBI side-scan sonar data and ROV video footage from the northwest Porcupine Bank, NE Atlantic

Marine Geology

Volumn 264, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 218-229

  Dorschel, B ^a   Wheeler, A J ^a   Huvenne, V A I ^b   de Haas, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cold water coral mound; coral facies; environmental window; erosion; iceberg ploughmarks; NE Atlantic; Porcupine Bank; remotely operated vehicle; side scan sonar

Indexed keywords

COLD-WATER CORAL MOUND; CORAL FACIES; ENVIRONMENTAL WINDOW; ICEBERG PLOUGHMARKS; NE ATLANTIC; PORCUPINE BANK; SIDE-SCAN SONAR;

FOOD SUPPLY; FORESTRY; OCEAN CURRENTS; REMOTE CONTROL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SONAR; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; WINDOWS;

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

COASTAL EROSION; COLD WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FACIES; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SONAR; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PORCUPINE BANK;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 67650581703     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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