Contourite characterization and its discrimination from other deep‐water deposits in the Gulf of Cadiz contourite depositional system

S De Castro, FJ Hernández‐Molina… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Despite numerous efforts to properly differentiate between contourites and other deep‐water
deposits in cores and outcrops, reliable diagnostic criteria are still lacking. The co …

Mediterranean overflow over the last 250 kyr: freshwater forcing from the tropics to the ice sheets

FJ Sierro, DA Hodell, N Andersen… - Paleoceanography …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
To investigate past changes in the Mediterranean Overflow Water (MOW) to the Atlantic, we
analyzed the strength of the MOW and benthic δ13C along the last 250 kyr at Integrated …

Contourites along the Iberian continental margins: conceptual and economic implications

E Llave, FJ Hernández-Molina, M García… - Geological Society …, 2020 - lyellcollection.org
This work uses seismic records to document and classify contourite features around the
Iberian continental margin to determine their implications for depositional systems and …

Mediterranean Outflow Water dynamics across the middle Pleistocene transition based on a 1.3 million-year benthic foraminiferal record off the Portuguese margin

Q Guo, B Li, AHL Voelker, JK Kim - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Reconstruction of the Mediterranean Outflow Water (MOW) dynamics in the
geologic past contributes to exploring its influence on the North Atlantic Ocean circulation …

Mid-to-late Holocene upper slope contourite deposits off Capo Vaticano (Mediterranean Sea): High-resolution record of contourite cyclicity, bottom current variability …

E Martorelli, A Bosman, D Casalbore, F Chiocci… - Marine Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
The upper continental slope offshore Capo Vaticano (southern Tyrrhenian Sea) is
characterized by a contourite depositional system with well-developed elongated sediment …

Sedimentary evolution of the Le Danois contourite drift systems (southern Bay of Biscay, NE Atlantic): A reconstruction of the Atlantic Mediterranean Water circulation …

S Liu, FJ Hernández-Molina, G Ercilla, D Van Rooij - Marine Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
The evolution of the Le Danois contourite depositional systems (CDS) during the Pliocene
and Quaternary was investigated based on high-resolution seismic reflection data. From old …

Intermediate water circulation in the mid-latitude Northeast Atlantic over the past 13,000 years: Multi-proxy evidence from IODP Site U1391

Q Guo, B Li, Y Cai - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) is an important contributor to the upper
limb of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), redistributing heat, salinity …

Benthic foraminiferal response to orbital-scale variability in primary productivity off the Portuguese margin over the last 1.3 Myr

Q Guo, JK Kim, AD Singh, J Yu, B Li - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Detailed analyses of benthic foraminiferal fauna and planktonic foraminiferal stable carbon
isotopes at IODP Site U1391 were performed to reconstruct orbital-scale variability in …

Virtual special issue on IODP Expedition 339: The Mediterranean outflow

DA Hodell, FJ Hernández-Molina… - Global and …, 2016 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
IODP Expedition 339 had two inter-related objectives to recover continuous sedimentary
sequences for:(i) studying the Contourite Depositional System formed by the MOW; and (ii) …

Seismostratigraphic model of the Sines Contourite Drift (SW Portuguese Margin)-depositional evolution, structural control and paleoceanographic implications

SM Rodrigues - 2017 - search.proquest.com
Abstract The Sines Contourite Drift, located in the Southwest Portuguese margin, is a distal
drift of the Contourite Depositional System of the Gulf of Cadiz, built by the influence of the …