[HTML][HTML] Evolution of the gulf of Cadiz margin and southwest Portugal contourite depositional system: Tectonic, sedimentary and paleoceanographic implications from …

FJ Hernández-Molina, FJ Sierro, E Llave, C Roque… - Marine Geology, 2016‏ - Elsevier
The contourite depositional system (CDS) along the southwestern Iberian Margin (SIM),
within the Gulf of Cadiz and offshore areas of western Portugal bear the unmistakable signal …

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 …

Characterization of the Rapanui mass‐transport deposit and the basal shear zone: Mount Messenger Formation, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand

S Cardona, LJ Wood, B Dugan, Z Jobe… - …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Submarine mass‐transport deposits are important in many ancient and modern basins.
Mass‐transport deposits can play a significant role in exploration as reservoir, seal or source …

Contourite vs gravity-flow deposits of the Pleistocene Faro Drift (Gulf of Cadiz): Sedimentological and mineralogical approaches

B Alonso, G Ercilla, D Casas, DAV Stow… - Marine Geology, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Pleistocene succession at Sites U1386 and U1387 (IODP 339) from palaeo-moat and drift
domains of the Faro Drift has been examined to characterize the lithofacies and to identify …

Influence of seabed morphology and substrate composition on mass-transport flow processes and pathways: insights from the Magdalena Fan, offshore Colombia

A Ortiz-Karpf, DM Hodgson… - Journal of …, 2017‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Although the effects of interactions between turbidity currents and the seabed have been
widely studied, the roles of substrate and bathymetry on the emplacement of mass-transport …

Latest Miocene restriction of the Mediterranean Outflow Water: a perspective from the Gulf of Cádiz

ZL Ng, FJ Hernández-Molina, D Duarte, FJ Sierro… - Geo-Marine Letters, 2021‏ - Springer
Abstract The Mediterranean-Atlantic water mass exchange provides the ideal setting for
deciphering the role of gateway evolution in ocean circulation. However, the dynamics of …

Quaternary chronostratigraphic framework and sedimentary processes for the Gulf of Cadiz and Portuguese Contourite Depositional Systems derived from Natural …

J Lofi, AHL Voelker, E Ducassou, FJ Hernández-Molina… - Marine Geology, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Contourite Depositional Systems (CDS) in the Gulf of Cádiz and on the West
Iberian margin preserve a unique archive of Mediterranean Outflow Water (MOW) variability …

An exceptional record of soft-sediment deformation within Pliocene deposits of Faro Drift (SW Iberia margin)-IODP Expedition 339 Sites U1386 and U1387

C Roque, D Gamboa, FM Rosas, N Nishida, D Duarte… - Marine Geology, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The occurrence of soft-sediment deformation structures (SSDS) have long been recognized
in several types of sedimentary environments and deposits. However, their presence in …

The seismic stratigraphy of the inner shelf of southern Namibia: the development of an unusual nearshore shelf stratigraphy

LH Kirkpatrick, AN Green, J Pether - Marine Geology, 2019‏ - Elsevier
This paper investigates the complex interplay between allocyclic, autocyclic and antecedent
controls on the development of the proximal portions of a wave-dominated, gravel-rich …

[HTML][HTML] Anatomy of the bi-gradational contourite sequence: case study from the Gulf of Cadiz

D Stow, Z Smillie, J Wilkin, J Pan, O Esegbue, A Bahr… - Marine Geology, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The bi-gradational sequence (C1-C5) is the standard facies model for fine-grained, mixed
mud-sand contourites. Drilling in the Gulf of Cadiz during IODP 339 recovered over 4.5 km of …