| Type |
Article |
| Date |
2006-12 |
| Language |
English |
| Author(s) |
Bourillet Jean-Francois 1, Zaragosi S2, Mulder T2 |
| Affiliation(s) |
1 : IFREMER, Lab Evironm Sedimentaires, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
2 : Univ Bordeaux 1, Dept Geol & Oceanog, UMR 5805, EPOC, F-33405 Talence, France. |
| Source |
Geo-Marine Letters (0276-0460) (Springer), 2006-12 , Vol. 26 , N. 6 , P. 311-315 |
| DOI |
10.1007/s00367-006-0042-2 |
| WOS© Times Cited |
38 |
| Keyword(s) |
Sedimentology, Geomorphologya, Deep sea, Bay of Biscay, French Atlantic margin |
| Abstract |
The sedimentary infill of the Bay of Biscay off Ireland, UK, France and Spain took place in four phases. The last one (35 Ma to present) is characterised by gravitational, pelagic, contouritic and glacigenic processes leading to the setup of three deep sea systems. To the North, the Celtic and Armorican fans are fed by a "canyon-dominated" margin and its connection with the "Manche" palaeoriver, which drained a large area of western Europe. To the South, the Cap-Ferret fan results from the evolution of a "tectonic-dominated" margin and the erosion of the Pyrenee mountains. |
| Full Text |
| File |
Pages |
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Access |
| publication-2137.pdf |
8 |
354 KB |
Open access |
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