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 …

When we look back the contributions on submarine fans during the past 65 years (1950–
2015), the empirical data on 21 modern submarine fans and 10 ancient deep-water systems …

The discovery of the super-giant Coral and Mamba gas fields in the offshore of Northern
Mozambique provides a unique insight into the architecture of a new deep-water play-type …

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 …

A wide variety of bedforms, both depositional and erosional in origin, has been recognized
on the deep seafloor and attributed to the influence of bottom currents. These range in scale …

In this investigation we analysed the changes in fish species occurrences and relative
abundances across the tropical and equatorial Atlantic, and their vertical distribution …

Sediments cored along the southwestern Iberian margin during Integrated Ocean Drilling
Program Expedition 339 provide constraints on Mediterranean Outflow Water (MOW) …

The differentiation of pure turbidites and contourites from mixed deposits—as the bottom
current reworked sands (BCRS)—in sedimentary cores and outcrops from the modern or …

The Gulf of Cadiz, NE Atlantic, represents an area of extensive formation of methane-derived
authigenic carbonates (MDAC), indicative of fluid seepage. These MDAC, that reach …

Publisher Summary Contourite systems are common on many slopes and show both
depositional and erosional features. This chapter summarizes key case studies in different …