Contourite processes associated with the Mediterranean Outfl ow Water after its exit from the Strait of Gibraltar: Global and conceptual implications

Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 227-230

  Hernandez Molina F J ^a   Llave, E ^b   Preu, B ^c   Ercilla, G ^d   Fontan, A ^e   Bruno, M ^f   Serra, N ^g   Gomiz, J J ^f   Brackenridge, R E ^h   Sierro, F J ⁱ   Stow, D A V ^h   Garcia M ^j   Juan, C ^e   Sandoval, N ^k   Arnaiz, A ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^c Chevron House   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^h HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^k Sociedad Espanola de Estudios para la Comunicación Fija a traves del Estrecho de Gibraltar   (Spain)

^l REPSOL YPF   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; EROSIVE CHANNELS; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS; SECONDARY CIRCULATION; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

SEA LEVEL;

CONTOURITE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OUTFLOW; SEAFLOOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 84896892815     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G35083.1     Document Type: Article

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