[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 …

The turbidite-contourite-tidalite-baroclinite-hybridite problem: orthodoxy vs. empirical evidence behind the “Bouma Sequence”

G Shanmugam - Journal of Palaeogeography, 2021‏ - Springer
The underpinning problems of deep-water facies still remain unresolved.(1) The Tb, Tc, and
Td divisions of the turbidite facies model, with traction structures, are an integral part of the …

Highly variable deep-sea currents over tidal and seasonal timescales

LP Bailey, MA Clare, JE Hunt, IA Kane… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Deep-sea transport of sediment and associated matter, such as organic carbon, nutrients
and pollutants, is controlled by near-bed currents. On the continental slope, these currents …

Bioclastic bottom‐current deposits of a Devonian contourite terrace: Facies variability and depositional architecture (Tafilalt Platform, Morocco)

H Hüneke, MA Gibb, O Mayer, JF Kniest… - …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The study examines bioclastic carbonate contourites that arise from the broad spectrum of
bottom‐current related sedimentary processes ranging from deposition to erosion. The result …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Sedimentary model for mixed depositional systems along the Pacific margin of the Antarctic Peninsula: decoding the interplay of deep-water processes

S Rodrigues, FJ Hernández-Molina, RD Larter… - Marine Geology, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Mixed (turbidite-contourite) depositional systems are formed by a complex interplay of deep-
water processes. An evaluation of their morphological elements and their lateral and spatial …

Contourite depositional system after the exit of a strait: Case study from the late Miocene South Rifian Corridor, Morocco

W De Weger, FJ Hernández‐Molina… - …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Idealized facies of bottom current deposits (contourites) have been established for fine‐
grained contourite drifts in modern deep‐marine sedimentary environments. Their …

[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 …

Seismic record of a cyclic turbidite-contourite system in the Northern Campos Basin, SE Brazil

BT Pandolpho, AH da Fontoura Klein, I Dutra… - Marine Geology, 2021‏ - Elsevier
A new mixed turbidite-contourite system is described in the northern Campos Basin,
southeastern Brazilian margin. This system is developed in a middle slope setting, and was …

[HTML][HTML] Glacial, fluvial and contour-current-derived sedimentation along the northern North Sea margin through the Quaternary

CL Batchelor, B Bellwald, S Planke, D Ottesen… - Earth and Planetary …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The thick sequence of Quaternary sediments preserved within the northern North Sea
contains important information about the glacial history, palaeo-oceanographic conditions …