Using cold-water coral mini-mounds as analogue for giant mound growth: assessment of environmental drivers and anthropogenic impact
Collart, T.; Howell, K.; Stewart, H.; Bourillet, J.F.; Llave, E.; Blamart, D.; Van Rooij, D. (2014). Using cold-water coral mini-mounds as analogue for giant mound growth: assessment of environmental drivers and anthropogenic impact, in: Van Rooij, D. et al. (Ed.) Book of Abstracts. 2nd Deep-Water Circulation Congress: The Contourite Log-book. Ghent, Belgium, 10-12 September 2014. VLIZ Special Publication, 69: pp. 117-118
In: Van Rooij, D.; Rüggeberg, A. (Ed.) (2014). Book of Abstracts. 2nd Deep-Water Circulation Congress: The Contourite Log-book. Ghent, Belgium, 10-12 September 2014. VLIZ Special Publication, 69. Ghent University, Department of Geology and Soil Science/Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Oostende. xviii, 152 pp., more
In: VLIZ Special Publication. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ): Oostende. ISSN 1377-0950, more
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Document type: Summary
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Palaeo studies > Oceanography > Palaeoceanography
Desmophyllum pertusum (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
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Cold-water coral mounds; Habitat mapping |
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- Collart, T., more
- Howell, K., more
- Stewart, H.
- Bourillet, J.F.
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- Llave, E.
- Blamart, D.
- Van Rooij, D., more
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| Abstract |
The FWO MINIMOUND project (2013-2016) aims to investigate small fossil cold-water coral (CWC) mounds within the Bay of Biscay in order to determine the impact of: (1) palaoeceanographic changes related to glacial-interglacial climate change in the last 15ka, (2) hydrocarbon related processes (seepage) and (3) anthropogenic fishing activities on CWC habitats. A better understanding of these mini-mounds will provide insight in the mechanisms of mound initiation and build up to large CWC mounds (e.g. Challenger Mound). The project will target three mini-mound provinces: the Explorer and Dangeard Canyons on the Celtic Margin, the Guilvinec Canyon on the Armorican Margin and the Upper Ferrol Canyon on the Cantabrian Margin. In these provinces USBL guided cores will be acquired to allow for sedimentological, palaeoceanographic and biogeochemical analyses throughout the minimounds. In addition, video dropframe acquisition will allow for habitat mapping and predictive modelling of the CWC habitats. |
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