[HTML][HTML] A new classification system for mixed (turbidite-contourite) depositional systems: Examples, conceptual models and diagnostic criteria for modern and ancient …

S Rodrigues, FJ Hernández-Molina, M Fonnesu… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Interactions between along-slope bottom currents and down-slope turbidity flows can create
a myriad of features and deposits. Despite numerous efforts to differentiate contourites from …

[HTML][HTML] Ichnological analysis: A tool to characterize deep-marine processes and sediments

FJ Rodríguez-Tovar - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The deep-marine environment is a complex setting in which numerous processes—settling
of pelagic and hemipelagic particles in the water column, sediment gravity flows (downslope …

Contourite characterization and its discrimination from other deep‐water deposits in the Gulf of Cadiz contourite depositional system

S De Castro, FJ Hernández‐Molina… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Despite numerous efforts to properly differentiate between contourites and other deep‐water
deposits in cores and outcrops, reliable diagnostic criteria are still lacking. The co …

Mediterranean overflow over the last 250 kyr: freshwater forcing from the tropics to the ice sheets

FJ Sierro, DA Hodell, N Andersen… - Paleoceanography …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
To investigate past changes in the Mediterranean Overflow Water (MOW) to the Atlantic, we
analyzed the strength of the MOW and benthic δ13C along the last 250 kyr at Integrated …

Diagnostic criteria using microfacies for calcareous contourites, turbidites and pelagites in the Eocene–Miocene slope succession, southern Cyprus

H Hüneke, FJ Hernández‐Molina… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Interbedded contourites, turbidites and pelagites are commonplace in many deep‐water
slope environments. However, the distinction between these different facies remains a …

South China Sea records Late Miocene reorganization of western Pacific deep circulation

S Liu, H Chen, M Su, K Luo, J Wu, Y Gao… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Oceanic gateways play a crucial role in controlling global ocean circulation. However,
gateway effects on low-latitude deep-water circulation are poorly understood. The South …

[HTML][HTML] 150 Years (1872–2022) of research on deep–water processes, deposits, settings, triggers, and deformation: A difficult domain of progress, dichotomy …

G Shanmugam - Journal of Palaeogeography, 2022 - Elsevier
In capturing a snapshot of 150 years (1872–2022) of research on deep–water processes,
deposits, settings, triggers, and deformation, the following 22 topics are selected:(1) HMS …

[HTML][HTML] Cretaceous to Eocene mixed turbidite-contourite systems offshore Nova Scotia (Canada): Spatial and temporal variability of down-and along-slope processes

S Rodrigues, ME Deptuck, KL Kendell… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
The identification of several Cretaceous to Paleogene mixed turbidite-contourite systems
along the upper to middle continental slope of Nova Scotia provides a unique opportunity to …

Efficient organic carbon burial by bottom currents in the ocean: A potential role in climate modulation

S Yin, FJ Hernández‐Molina, W Fan… - Geophysical Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bottom currents play a major role in deep‐sea sedimentation, but their significance in the
burial of organic carbon is poorly quantified at a global scale. Here we show that Holocene …

Unidirectional and combined transitional flow bedforms: Controls on process and distribution in submarine slope settings

WJ Taylor, DM Hodgson, J Peakall, IA Kane… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mixed grain‐size bedforms comprise alternating sand‐rich and poorly sorted mud‐rich
laminae and bands. These bedforms have been identified in distal submarine settings …