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| Miramontes, Elda; Jorry, Stephan; Jouet, Gwenael; Counts, John; Courgeon, Simon; Roy, Philippe; Guerin, Charline; Hernández-molina, F. Javier. |
| Subaqueous sand dunes are common bedforms on continental shelves dominated by tidal and geostrophic currents. However, much less is known about sand dunes in deep‐marine settings that are affected by strong bottom currents. In this study, dune fields were identified on drowned isolated carbonate platforms in the Mozambique Channel (south‐west Indian Ocean). The acquired data include multibeam bathymetry, multi‐channel high‐resolution seismic reflection data, sea floor imagery, a sediment sample and current measurements from a moored current meter and hull‐mounted acoustic Doppler current profiler. The dunes are located at water depths ranging from 200 to 600 m on the slope terraces of a modern atoll (Bassas da India Atoll) and within small depressions... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Bedform; Bottom currents; Contourite; Deep-marine environment; Eddy; Geostrophic current; Oceanic circulation. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00472/58418/60989.pdf |
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