[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 …

[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 …

An inorganic geochemical argument for coupled anaerobic oxidation of methane and iron reduction in marine sediments

N Riedinger, MJ Formolo, TW Lyons, S Henkel… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Here, we present results from sediments collected in the Argentine Basin, a non‐steady
state depositional marine system characterized by abundant oxidized iron within methane …

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 …

Sulfur cycling in an iron oxide-dominated, dynamic marine depositional system: The Argentine continental margin

N Riedinger, B Brunner, S Krastel, GL Arnold… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The interplay between sediment deposition patterns, organic matter type and the quantity
and quality of reactive mineral phases determines the accumulation, speciation, and isotope …

Significance of bottom currents in deep-sea morphodynamics: an example from the Alboran Sea

G Ercilla, C Juan, FJ Hernández-Molina, M Bruno… - Marine Geology, 2016 - Elsevier
We present an interdisciplinary study of the geomorphology, sedimentology and physical
oceanography of the Alboran Sea (south-western Mediterranean Sea) to evaluate the …

[HTML][HTML] A model of oceanic development by ridge jum**: opening of the Scotia Sea

A Maldonado, F Bohoyo, J Galindo-Zaldívar… - Global and Planetary …, 2014 - Elsevier
Ona Basin is a small intra-oceanic basin located in the southwestern corner of the Scotia
Sea. This region is crucial for an understanding of the early phases of opening of Drake …

[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 …

Secondary flow in contour currents controls the formation of moat-drift contourite systems

H Wilckens, JT Eggenhuisen, PH Adema… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Ocean currents control seafloor morphology and the transport of sediments, organic carbon,
nutrients, and pollutants in deep-water environments. A better connection between …

Contourite distribution and bottom currents in the NW Mediterranean Sea: Coupling seafloor geomorphology and hydrodynamic modelling

E Miramontes, P Garreau, M Caillaud, G Jouet… - Geomorphology, 2019 - Elsevier
Contourites are common morphological features along continental margins where currents
encounter the seafloor. They can provide long-term archives of palaeoceanography, may be …