[HTML][HTML] Contourites and associated sediments controlled by deep-water circulation processes: State-of-the-art and future considerations

M Rebesco, FJ Hernández-Molina, D Van Rooij… - Marine Geology, 2014 - Elsevier
The contourite paradigm was conceived a few decades ago, yet there remains a need to
establish a sound connection between contourite deposits, basin evolution and …

[PDF][PDF] The central Andean west‐slope rainshadow and its potential contribution to the origin of hyper‐aridity in the Atacama Desert

J Houston, AJ Hartley - … Journal of Climatology: A Journal of the …, 2003 - researchgate.net
The west slope of the central Andes exhibits a pronounced rainshadow effect. Precipitation
between 15 and 27 S is dominated by summer convective activity from Amazonia, and data …

Abyssal plain contourites

FJ Hernández-Molina, A Maldonado… - Developments in …, 2008 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary Abyssal plain contourites are of great significance for
palaeoceanographic reconstructions. Ocean basins in general and abyssal plains in …

[HTML][HTML] A contourite depositional system along the Uruguayan continental margin: Sedimentary, oceanographic and paleoceanographic implications

FJ Hernández-Molina, M Soto, AR Piola, J Tomasini… - Marine Geology, 2016 - Elsevier
For the first time, a multidisciplinary approach to evaluate the influence of bottom currents in
the Uruguayan continental margin is presented. Bathymetric data and multichannel 2D and …

Giant mounded drifts in the Argentine Continental Margin: Origins, and global implications for the history of thermohaline circulation

FJ Hernández-Molina, M Paterlini, L Somoza… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2010 - Elsevier
Partially buried giant drifts are located in the southern-most sector of the Argentine
continental margin, generating a bathymetric jump at the base of the slope. They are …

[HTML][HTML] Eocene to middle Miocene contourite deposits in Cyprus: A record of Indian Gateway evolution

FJ Hernández-Molina, H Hüneke… - Global and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bottom current deposits (contourites) form in association with modern-day or ancient
oceanic gateways. A paucity of examples in the ancient record and the lack of consensus on …

Miocene to recent contourite drifts development in the northern Weddell Sea (Antarctica)

A Maldonado, A Barnolas, F Bohoyo, C Escutia… - Global and Planetary …, 2005 - Elsevier
Multichannel and high-resolution seismic profiles complemented with swath bathymetry
show a variety of contourite deposits in the northern Weddell Sea resulting from the …

Paleocurrent reconstruction of the deep Pacific inflow during the middle Miocene: Reflections of East Antarctic Ice Sheet growth

IR Hall, IN McCave, R Zahn, L Carter… - …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Today the deep western boundary current (DWBC) east of New Zealand is the most
important route for deep water entering the Pacific Ocean. Large‐scale changes in deep …

Neogene to Quaternary stratigraphic evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula, Pacific Margin offshore of Adelaide Island: Transitions from a non-glacial, through glacially …

FJ Hernández-Molina, RD Larter… - Global and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
A detailed morphologic and seismic stratigraphic analysis of the continental margin offshore
of Adelaide Island on the Pacific Margin of the Antarctic Peninsula (PMAP) is described …

Contourite depositional systems offshore Madeira Island: Decoding the deepwater circulation since the Late Cretaceous to the Quaternary in the NE-Central Atlantic

C Roque, J Hernández-Molina, P Brito… - Global and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
There is still a great unawareness about the deep-water circulation in the NE-Central
Atlantic since the Late Cretaceous. The morphology, sedimentary stacking pattern and …