Perched lobe formation in the Gulf of Cadiz: Interactions between gravity processes and contour currents (Algarve Margin, Southern Portugal)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 229, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 81-94

  Marches E ^a   Mulder, T ^a   Gonthier, E ^a   Cremer, M ^a   Hanquiez, V ^a   Garlan, T ^b   Lecroart, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b EPSHOM   (France)

Author keywords

Climate and sea level; Contourite drift; Contourite processes; Gravity processes; Gulf of Cadiz; Mediterranean Outflow Water; Perched lobes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE AND SEA-LEVEL; CONTOURITE DRIFTS; CONTOURITE PROCESSES; GRAVITY PROCESSES; GULF OF CADIZ; MEDITERRANEAN OUTFLOW WATER; PERCHED LOBES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEPOSITS; LANDFORMS; SALINE WATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL CONSERVATION; TECTONICS;

GRAVITATION;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CONTOURITE; DEPOSITION; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GRAVITY FLOW; OUTFLOW; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ALGARVE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ; PORTUGAL;

EID: 77955316856     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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