Sediment accumulation in the western Gulf of Lions,France: The role of Cap de Creus Canyon in linking shelf and slope sediment dispersal systems |
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| Authors: | AL DeGeest BL Mullenbach P Puig CA Nittrouer TM Drexler X Durrieu de Madron DL Orange |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3146, USA;2. Institut de Ciències del Mar (CMIMA-CSIC), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49. E-08003 Barcelona, Spain;3. School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7940, USA;4. CEFREM, CNRS—University of Perpignan, 66860 Perpignan, France;5. Department of Earth Sciences, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA;6. AOA Geophysics Inc., 7532 Sandholdt Rd., Suite 6, Moss Landing, CA 94039, USA |
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| Abstract: | Previous work in the Gulf of Lions (western Mediterranean Sea) has suggested that significant amounts of sediment escape through the western part of this tectonically passive margin, despite it being far removed from the primary sediment source (the Rhone River, ∼160 km to the NE). The primary mechanism behind this export is hypothesized to be the interaction of a regional, southwestward sediment-transport path with a canyon deeply incising the southwestern part of the shelf, Cap de Creus Canyon. |
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| Keywords: | Submarine canyon Gulf of Lions |
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