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- Title
The French Atlantic margin and deep-sea submarine systems.
- Authors
Bourillet, J.-F.; Zaragosi, S.; Mulder, T.
- Abstract
The sedimentary infill of the Bay of Biscay off Ireland, UK, France and Spain took place in four phases. The last one (35 Ma to present) is characterised by gravitational, pelagic, contouritic and glacigenic processes leading to the setup of three deep sea systems. To the North, the Celtic and Armorican fans are fed by a “canyon-dominated” margin and its connection with the “Manche” palaeoriver, which drained a large area of western Europe. To the South, the Cap-Ferret fan results from the evolution of a “tectonic-dominated” margin and the erosion of the Pyrenee mountains.
- Subjects
BAY of Biscay (France &; Spain); FRANCE; SPAIN; SEDIMENTATION &; deposition; CANYONS; LANDFORMS
- Publication
Geo-Marine Letters, 2006, Vol 26, Issue 6, p311
- ISSN
0276-0460
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00367-006-0042-2