[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Offshore geological hazards: charting the course of progress and future directions

G Ercilla, D Casas, B Alonso, D Casalbore… - Oceans, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Offshore geological hazards can occur in any marine domain or environment and represent
a serious threat to society, the economy, and the environment. Seismicity, slope sedimentary …

A database of submarine landslides offshore West and Southwest Iberia

D Gamboa, R Omira, P Terrinha - Scientific Data, 2021‏ - nature.com
Submarine landslides are major geohazards occurring on distinct seabed domains ranging
from shallow coastal areas to the deeper points of the ocean. The nature and relief of the …

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 …

Submarine landslide hazard in the Sines Contourite Drift, SW Iberia: slope instability analysis under static and transient conditions

M Teixeira, C Roque, R Omira, F Marques, D Gamboa… - Natural Hazards, 2024‏ - Springer
Abstract The Sines Contourite Drift (SCD) is a plastered drift with terraced-like morphology,
formed by the Mediterranean Outflow Water (MOW) that emplaced in the Alentejo Margin …

[HTML][HTML] The Guadiaro-Banos contourite drifts (SW Mediterranean). A geotechnical approach to stability analysis

M Yenes, D Casas, J Nespereira, N López-González… - Marine Geology, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Two Quaternary plastered contourite drifts, with terraced and low-mounded morphologies,
make up the continental slope and base-of-slope in the northwestern Alboran Sea …

The role of late Quaternary tectonic activity and sea-level changes on sedimentary processes interaction in the Gulf of Cadiz upper and middle continental slope (SW …

M García, E Llave, FJ Hernández-Molina… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
A morphological and seismic-stratigraphic analysis of the Gulf of Cadiz area near the Strait
of Gibraltar is presented in this work, focused on the sedimentary evolution of the upper and …

[HTML][HTML] Structural control and tectono-sedimentary evolution of the Gulf of Cadiz, SW Iberia since the late Miocene: Implications for contourite depositional system

D Duarte, C Roque, ZL Ng, FJ Hernández-Molina… - Marine Geology, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Gulf of Cadiz Contourite Depositional System (GCCS) developed due to the
interaction of the Mediterranean Outflow Water (MOW) with the middle continental slope of …

Sedimentary evolution of the Le Danois contourite drift systems (southern Bay of Biscay, NE Atlantic): a reconstruction of the Atlantic Mediterranean Water circulation …

S Liu, FJ Hernández-Molina, G Ercilla, D Van Rooij - Marine Geology, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The evolution of the Le Danois contourite depositional systems (CDS) during the Pliocene
and Quaternary was investigated based on high-resolution seismic reflection data. From old …