|
|
|
|
|
| De Mol, Ben; Kozachenko, M; Wheeler, Andy; Alvares, Hugo; Henriet, Jean-pierre; Olu, Karine. |
| High-resolution seismic profiles, swath bathymetry, side-scan sonar data and video imageries are analysed in this detailed study of five carbonate mounds from the Belgica mound province with special emphasis on the well-surveyed Therese Mound. The selected mounds are located in the deepest part of the Belgica mound province at water depths of 950 m. Seismic data illustrate that the underlying geology is characterised by drift sedimentation in a general northerly flowing current regime. Sigmoidal sediment bodies create local slope breaks on the most recent local erosional surface, which act as the mound base. No preferential mound substratum is observed, neither is there any indication for deep geological controls on coral bank development. Seismic evidence... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Carbonate mounds; Cold water corals; Lophelia pertusa; Porcupine Seabight; Coral banks; Belgica mound province; Therese Mound. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-2307.pdf |
| |
|
|
| Wheeler, Andrew J.; Beyer, A; Freiwald, A; De Haas, H; Huvenne, V. A. I.; Kozachenko, M; Olu, Karine; Opderbecke, Jan. |
| Cold-water coral carbonate mounds, owing their presence mainly to the framework building coral Lophelia pertusa and the activity of associated organisms, are common along the European margin with their spatial distribution allowing them to be divided into a number of mound provinces. Variation in mound attributes are explored via a series of case studies on mound provinces that have been the most intensely investigated: Belgica, Hovland, Pelagia, Logachev and Norwegian Mounds. Morphological variation between mound provinces is discussed under the premise that mound morphology is an expression of the environmental conditions under which mounds are initiated and grow. Cold-water coral carbonate mounds can be divided into those exhibiting "inherited"... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Seabed mapping; Environmental setting; Morphology; Cold water coral; Carbonate mound. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-2411.pdf |
| |
|
|
|
