The carbonate factories model, as defined at the beginning of the century, provides a
subdivision of marine carbonate sediment production‐systems based on the style of …

Circulation patterns in the North Atlantic Ocean have changed and re-organized multiple
times over millions of years, influencing the biodiversity, distribution, and connectivity …

Cold-water corals (CWCs) are the engineers of complex ecosystems forming unique
biodiversity hotspots in the deep sea. They are expected to suffer dramatically from future …

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 …

The largest coherent cold-water coral (CWC) mound province in the Atlantic Ocean exists
along the Mauritanian margin, where up to 100 m high mounds extend over a distance of∼ …

Cold-water corals are recognised as a key component of Mediterranean deep-sea
ecosystems but the knowledge of their associated biodiversity is still limited. To date, the …

Scleractinian cold-water coral (CWC) reefs are key habitats for benthic fauna as they
enhance spatial heterogeneity and biodiversity. Understanding their environmental and …

Thriving benthic communities were observed in the oxygen minimum zones along the
southwestern African margin. On the Namibian margin, fossil cold-water coral mounds were …

Complexity theory predicts that self‐organized, regularly patterned ecosystems store more
biomass and are more resilient than spatially uniform systems. Self‐organized ecosystems …

Over the recent years, two research fields addressing continental slope sedimentary
systems have gained significant momentum: contourites and cold-water coral mounds …