Preliminary results of a sedimentological study of carbonate mounds and coldwater corals from Brittlestar Ridge I and Cabliers site (Moroccan Alboran margin)
Terhzaz, L.; Hamoumi, N.; El Mostapha, L.; Van Rooij, D.; Spezzaferri, S.; Vertino, A.; Henriet, J.-P. (2014). Preliminary results of a sedimentological study of carbonate mounds and coldwater corals from Brittlestar Ridge I and Cabliers site (Moroccan Alboran margin), in: Van Rooij, D. et al. (Ed.) Book of Abstracts. 2nd Deep-Water Circulation Congress: The Contourite Log-book. Ghent, Belgium, 10-12 September 2014. VLIZ Special Publication, 69: pp. 113-114
In: Van Rooij, D.; Rüggeberg, A. (Ed.) (2014). Book of Abstracts. 2nd Deep-Water Circulation Congress: The Contourite Log-book. Ghent, Belgium, 10-12 September 2014. VLIZ Special Publication, 69. Ghent University, Department of Geology and Soil Science/Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Oostende. xviii, 152 pp., more
In: VLIZ Special Publication. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ): Oostende. ISSN 1377-0950, more
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Document type: Summary
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MED, Spanish Terr., North Africa, Melilla
Marine/Coastal |
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Carbonate mound; Alboran Moroccan margin |
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- Terhzaz, L.
- Hamoumi, N.
- El Mostapha, L.
- Van Rooij, D., more
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- Spezzaferri, S.
- Vertino, A., more
- Henriet, J.-P., more
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| Abstract |
Five box-corers deployed during Eurofleets Cruise MD 194 Gateway on the eastern Melilla carbonate mound at the Alboran Moroccan margin were studied in order to understand the sedimentological processes and the sources of the sediments. Preliminary results of this study showed that sediment associated to cold-water corals and carbonate mounds are supplied by two main sources: an intrabasinal biogenic source and a land source, the Bou Areg plain in the Nador region. The area off the Brittlestar Ridge I was alimented by terrigenous source, the Cabliers site was supplied by biogenic source and the top of the Brittlestar Ridge I was alimented by both sources. |
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