Evidence for current-controlled morphology along the western slope of Hatton Bank (Rockall Plateau, NE Atlantic Ocean)

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-111

  Sayago Gil, Miriam ^a   Long, David ^b   Hitchen, Kenneth ^b   Díaz del Río, Víctor ^a   Fernández Salas, Luis Miguel ^a   Durán Muñoz, Pablo ^c  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR GUNS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BEDFORMS; BOTTOM CURRENT; CONTROLLED MORPHOLOGY; DEEP WATER; HIGH RESOLUTION; LABRADOR SEA WATERS; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; MULTI-BEAM; ROCKALL PLATEAU; SEDIMENT WAVES; SEISMIC STUDIES; SLIDE SCAR; SMOOTH SURFACE; STUDY AREAS; VARIABLE RANGE; WATER DEPTH;

DEPOSITS; MORPHOLOGY;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BATHYMETRY; BEDFORM; BOTTOM CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP WATER; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; OCEANIC CURRENT; OUTCROP; SEAFLOOR; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); HATTON BANK; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 77952673232     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: 14321157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-009-0163-5     Document Type: Article

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