Deep-water Circulation: Processes & Products

International congress

Opening

Geostrophic/thermohaline circulation, bottom currents & modern contourite deposits

Contourites: from Large Drifts to Facies Models 50' 08''

Contourites: from Large Drifts to Facies Models

Keynote

17 de ago. de 2010
Visto: 3593 veces
Bedform-velocity Matrix 15' 49''

Bedform-velocity Matrix

The estimation of deep bottom current velocity from bedform observations

17 de ago. de 2010
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Contourite Deposits from the Pantelleria Offshore (Sicily Channel, Italy) 17' 36''

Contourite Deposits from the Pantelleria Offshore (Sicily Channel, Italy)

Analysis of depositional and erosive features

17 de ago. de 2010
Visto: 3413 veces
The porcupine contourite depositional system 15' 37''

The porcupine contourite depositional system

2.6 Ma of competiton between cold-water coral mounds and sediment drifts

17 de ago. de 2010
Visto: 3385 veces
Late Neogene Contourites in NE Baffin Bay - West Greenland Margin 14' 53''

Late Neogene Contourites in NE Baffin Bay - West Greenland Margin

The signature of a photo-Irminger Current?

17 de ago. de 2010
Visto: 4489 veces
Seismic Images of Contourites forming Continental Slope Terraces at the Argentine Margin 14' 00''

Seismic Images of Contourites forming Continental Slope Terraces at the Argentine Margin

Implications for past changes in thermohaline circulation

17 de ago. de 2010
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Relationship between deep-water circulation, gravity flows & submarine slope stability

Capture of a Deep-sea Contour Current by a Canyon on the Algarve Margin 10' 03''

Capture of a Deep-sea Contour Current by a Canyon on the Algarve Margin

(Gulf of Cadiz. Eastern Atlantic)

17 de ago. de 2010
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Geohazard assessment using 3D seismic attibutes 14' 36''

Geohazard assessment using 3D seismic attibutes

(Valencia Trough, offshore Spain)

17 de ago. de 2010
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Driver of deep-water ecosystems

Influence of the Mediterranean Outflow Water on Benthic Ecosystems 14' 23''

Influence of the Mediterranean Outflow Water on Benthic Ecosystems

answers and questions after a decade of observations

17 de ago. de 2010
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Pleistocene Carbonate Sediment Waves, Great Australian Bright 11' 02''

Pleistocene Carbonate Sediment Waves, Great Australian Bright

influence of dense water currents and the benthic fauna

17 de ago. de 2010
Visto: 3746 veces

Workshop: Contourites & climate (Palaeoceanographic significance)

The "GUCADRILL" Contourite IODP Proposal-644 16' 19''

The "GUCADRILL" Contourite IODP Proposal-644

Environmental significance of the Mediterranean outflow water and its global implications

17 de ago. de 2010
Visto: 4914 veces

Environmental, tectonic and other controlling factors on process and deposits

Opening of drake Passage 16' 54''

Opening of drake Passage

Contourites development and paleoceanographic implications

17 de ago. de 2010
Visto: 4093 veces

Ancient contourite examples

The Economic Importance of Contourites 51' 58''

The Economic Importance of Contourites

Keynote

17 de ago. de 2010
Visto: 4118 veces

Economic importance

Congress closure