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| Van Rooij, D.; Blamart, D.; Richter, T.; Wheeler, A.; Kozachenko, M.; Henriet, J.-p.. |
| The Belgica cold-water coral banks on the eastern slope of the Porcupine Seabight are closely associated with bottom currents. In order to better understand the local temporal and spatial characteristics, as well as the palaeoclimatologic influences, a 26 m long core, taken on a small contourite drift, was studied. This sediment record of approximately 100 ka BP reveals new insights into the regional glacial and sedimentary processes, which are intrinsically linked to several geological, climatological, biological and hydrodynamic variables. The glacial sequences in the core contain six ice-rafting events (IRE). They are comparable with the North Atlantic Heinrich Events, although their characteristics show dominant influences from the proximal... |
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Palavras-chave: Contourite; Ice-rafting event; British-Irish ice sheet; Porcupine Basin; Coral banks. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00233/34438/32929.pdf |
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| Huvenne, Veerle A. I.; Bailey, W. R.; Shannon, P. M.; Naeth, J; Di Primio, R.; Henriet, J. P.; Horsfield, B.; De Haas, H.; Wheeler, A; Olu, Karine. |
| The Magellan mound province is one of the three known provinces of carbonate mounds or cold-water coral banks in the Porcupine Seabight, west of Ireland. It has been studied in detail using a large and varied data set: 2D and 3D seismic data, sidescan sonar imagery and video data collected during ROV deployment have been used to describe the mounds in terms of origin, growth processes and burial. The aim of this paper is to present the Magellan mounds and their setting in an integrated, holistic way. More than 1,000 densely spaced and mainly buried mounds have been identified in the area. They all seem to be rooted on one seismic reflection, suggesting a sudden mound start-up. Their size and spatial distribution characteristics are presented, together with... |
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Palavras-chave: Numerical basin modelling; Fault analysis; Mound morphology; Spatial distribution; Porcupine Basin; Cold water corals; Carbonate mounds. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-2312.pdf |
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| Foubert, A.; Van Rooij, D.; Blamart, D.; Henriet, J.-p.. |
| Three provinces, characterized by the presence of carbonate mounds interpreted as cold-water coral banks have been reported in Porcupine Seabight, SW of Ireland and were recently subjected to many detailed studies. This contribution discusses the use of X-ray imagery and physical properties in deciphering palaeoceanographic, sedimentological and biological processes. Physical property core logging and X-ray imagery are used to identify and describe sedimentation regimes and so their respective palaeoceanographic and palaeoclimatological settings in two mound provinces, respectively the Belgica mound province and the Magellan mound province. Both provinces show at present time clear differences in the hydrodynamic environment. This study confirms that also... |
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Palavras-chave: X-ray imagery; Physical core logging; Carbonate mounds; Porcupine Basin; Palaeoceanography. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00233/34451/32916.pdf |
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