[HTML][HTML] Contourites and associated sediments controlled by deep-water circulation processes: State-of-the-art and future considerations

M Rebesco, FJ Hernández-Molina, D Van Rooij… - Marine Geology, 2014 - Elsevier
The contourite paradigm was conceived a few decades ago, yet there remains a need to
establish a sound connection between contourite deposits, basin evolution and …

[HTML][HTML] A new classification system for mixed (turbidite-contourite) depositional systems: Examples, conceptual models and diagnostic criteria for modern and ancient …

S Rodrigues, FJ Hernández-Molina, M Fonnesu… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Interactions between along-slope bottom currents and down-slope turbidity flows can create
a myriad of features and deposits. Despite numerous efforts to differentiate contourites from …

Antarctic terrestrial life–challenging the history of the frozen continent?

P Convey, JAE Gibson, CD Hillenbrand… - Biological …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Antarctica is a continent locked in ice, with almost 99.7% of current terrain covered by
permanent ice and snow, and clear evidence that, as recently as the Last Glacial Maximum …

Mechanisms of Holocene palaeoenvironmental change in the Antarctic Peninsula region

MJ Bentley, DA Hodgson, JA Smith… - The …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
The Antarctic Peninsula is one of the three fastest warming regions on Earth. Here we
review Holocene proxy records of marine and terrestrial palaeoclimate in the region, and …

Significance of bottom currents in deep-sea morphodynamics: an example from the Alboran Sea

G Ercilla, C Juan, FJ Hernández-Molina, M Bruno… - Marine Geology, 2016 - Elsevier
We present an interdisciplinary study of the geomorphology, sedimentology and physical
oceanography of the Alboran Sea (south-western Mediterranean Sea) to evaluate the …

[HTML][HTML] A model of oceanic development by ridge jumping: opening of the Scotia Sea

A Maldonado, F Bohoyo, J Galindo-Zaldívar… - Global and Planetary …, 2014 - Elsevier
Ona Basin is a small intra-oceanic basin located in the southwestern corner of the Scotia
Sea. This region is crucial for an understanding of the early phases of opening of Drake …

Contourite depositional systems along the Mozambique channel: the interplay between bottom currents and sedimentary processes

A Thiéblemont, FJ Hernández-Molina… - Deep Sea Research …, 2019 - Elsevier
We present a combined study of the geomorphology, sedimentology, and physical
oceanography of the Mozambique Channel to evaluate the role of bottom currents in …

Factors controlling the morphology and internal sediment architecture of moats and their associated contourite drifts

H Wilckens, T Schwenk, T Lüdmann, C Betzler… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The interaction of sedimentary systems with oceanographic processes in deep‐water
environments is not well understood yet, despite its importance for palaeoenvironmental …

The neodymium isotopic composition of waters masses in the eastern Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean

P Carter, D Vance, CD Hillenbrand, JA Smith… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2012 - Elsevier
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is one of the key components of ocean circulation, and a
knowledge of its isotopic composition is essential to the use of neodymium (Nd) isotopes to …

Abyssal plain contourites

FJ Hernández-Molina, A Maldonado… - Developments in …, 2008 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary Abyssal plain contourites are of great significance for
palaeoceanographic reconstructions. Ocean basins in general and abyssal plains in …