High-resolution seismic record of the Quaternary palaeoenvironments along a Dalmatian-type coast (Lošinj Channel, Adriatic Sea)

D Brunović, O Hasan, S Miko, N Georgiou, M Geraga… - Marine geology, 2024 - Elsevier
Coastal systems have changed considerably in response to Quaternary glacial–interglacial
variability. Here, we offer the first detailed assessment of geomorphic features and late …

[HTML][HTML] Coralligenous assemblages of continental shelf: Multiple spatial scale variability in the western Sardinia

L Piazzi, G De Falco, M De Luca, I Guala… - Continental Shelf …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mediterranean mesophotic hard bottoms are mostly characterized by coralligenous banks.
Although investigations on this habitat have increased in the last years, knowledge about its …

Past and future evolution of the onshore-offshore groundwater system of a carbonate archipelago: The case of the Maltese Islands, central Mediterranean Sea

M De Biase, F Chidichimo, A Micallef, D Cohen… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Offshore freshened groundwater (OFG) is groundwater with a salinity below that of seawater
that is stored in sub-seafloor sediments and rocks. OFG has been proposed as an …

[HTML][HTML] POSIT: An automated tool for detecting and characterizing diverse morphological features in raster data-Application to pockmarks, mounds, and craters

JJA del Rosario, A Canari, EB Gómez… - Applied Computing and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Accurate detection and characterization of seafloor morphologies are crucial for marine
researchers and industries involved in underwater mapping, environmental monitoring, or …

Controls on mesophotic carbonate facies and sediment distribution across the Maltese shelf, central Mediterranean Sea

OM Bialik, G Coletti, C Berndt, M Schmidt, A Micallef - Facies, 2024 - Springer
Although~ 20% of global carbonate production occurs on extra-tropical carbonate
depositional systems, our understanding of these environments still lags behind that of …

Changes in mesophotic carbonate‐platform export across the end of the last glacial cycle (Saya de Malha Bank, western Indian Ocean)

OM Bialik, C Betzler, JC Braga… - The Depositional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The export of neritic material from the top of carbonate platforms is a key process in the
construction of their slopes. However, our knowledge of the supply pattern of materials from …

Internal waves and bottom currents interactions around mesophotic reefs, southeastern Mediterranean

OM Bialik, O Gadol, A Micallef, C Betzler, H Nativ… - 2023 - eartharxiv.org
Mesophotic reefs are found in water depths greater than 30m and as such are, for the most
part, removed from most direct wave activity, notably in the Mediterranean Sea. There, they …