The 2.6 Ma depositional sequence from the Challenger cold-water coral carbonate mound (IODP Exp. 307): Sediment contributors and hydrodynamic palaeo-environments

Marine Geology

Volumn 271, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 260-277

  Thierens, M ^a   Titschack, J ^b   Dorschel, B ^a   Huvenne, V A I ^c   Wheeler, A J ^a   Stuut, J B ^d,e   O'Donnell, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cold water coral carbonate mound; end member modelling; grain surface microtextures; NE Atlantic; sediment dynamics; siliciclastic grain size

Indexed keywords

COLD-WATER CORAL CARBONATE MOUND; COLD-WATER CORALS; END-MEMBER MODELLING; MICRO TEXTURE; SEDIMENT DYNAMIC;

CARBONATION; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SEA ICE; STRATIGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CORAL RECORD; CORAL REEF; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; ICEBERG; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; SEAFLOOR; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PORCUPINE SEABIGHT;

ANTHOZOA; BELGICA;

EID: 77950458179     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.02.021     Document Type: Article

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