Sediment drifts and cold-water coral reefs in the Patagonian upper and middle continental slope

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-82

  Munoz A ^a   Cristobo, J ^b   Rios, P ^b   Druet, M ^c   Polonio, V ^b   Uchupi, E ^d   Acosta, J ^c   Iglesias, S ^e   Portela, J ^e   del Rio J L ^e   Parra, S ^e   Sacau, M ^e   Vilela, R ^e   Patrocinio, T ^e   Almon B ^e   Elvira, E ^e   Jimenez P ^e   Fontan A ^e   Alcala C ^e   Lopez V ^e  

^a TRAGSA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Cold water coral reefs; Falkland Malvinas Current; Iceberg rafted sediments; Patagonian continental slope; Sediment drifts

Indexed keywords

FOOD SUPPLY; REEFS; SEA ICE;

COLD-WATER CORALS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; ICE RAFTED DEBRIS; LATE PLEISTOCENE; NUTRIENT-RICH WATER; PLANKTON BLOOMS; SEDIMENT DRIFT;

SEDIMENTS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; COLD WATER; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CORAL REEF; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; HOLOCENE; ICEBERG; NEOGENE;

ANTARCTICA; PATAGONIA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84864365162     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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