Atlas of Bedforms in the Western Mediterranean

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Bedform Mapping: Multibeam Data Processing, Metadata and Spatial Data Services....Pages 3-6
Methods for Analysing Bedform Geometry and Dynamics....Pages 7-13
Principles of Physical Modelling of Bedforms Under Waves and Currents....Pages 15-17
Modelling Bedforms on the Continental Shelf....Pages 19-24
Internal Waves and Bedforms....Pages 25-28
Turbidity Current Bedforms....Pages 29-33
Dense Shelf Water Cascading and Associated Bedforms....Pages 35-40
Currents in the Western Mediterranean Basin....Pages 41-47
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
Bedforms as Self-organized Patterns....Pages 51-53
Beach Cusps....Pages 55-57
Km-Scale Shoreline Sand Waves....Pages 59-63
KM-Scale Shoreline Sand Waves In The Western Mediterranean Sea....Pages 65-72
Nearshore Sand Bars....Pages 73-79
Nearshore Sand Bars on Western Mediterranean Beaches....Pages 81-88
Contemporary Subaqueous Dune Field Development Over an Abandoned River Mouth (Ebro Delta)....Pages 89-93
Bedforms on the Lowermost Reach of the Tiber River (Rome, Italy): Preliminary Results from Integrated Geophysical Surveys and Samplings....Pages 95-98
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Holocene Muddy Bedforms on the Llobregat River Prodelta Wedge....Pages 101-106
Prodeltaic Undulations and Hyperpycnal Flows (I): Morphological Observations....Pages 107-112
Prodeltaic Undulations and Hyperpycnal Flows (II): Evolutionary Trends....Pages 113-120
Sorted Bedforms Along the Egadi Islands Continental Shelf (Southern Tyrrhenian)....Pages 121-126
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Sorted Bedforms Developed on Sandy Deposits Derived from Small Ephemeral Streams (Catalan Continental Shelf)....Pages 127-133
Dynamics of Sorted Bedforms on a Shallow Infralittoral Prograding Wedge Influenced by Dredging (El Masnou, NW Mediterranean)....Pages 135-141
Sorted Bedforms Along the Continental Shelf of Western Sardinia....Pages 143-147
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Sedimentary Bedforms in the Menorca Channel Region, Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean)....Pages 151-157
Dome Dunes on the Inner to Middle Shelf Transition on a Temperate-Water Carbonate Sediment Shelf. Pitiusas Islands....Pages 159-165
Trawl Marks and Dredge Spoils as Examples of Seabed Anthropic Alteration on Sediments (Menorca Shelf)....Pages 167-172
Sand Ridges on the Mid-Outer Valencia Continental Shelf....Pages 173-177
Subaqueous Dune Fields on the Marine Protected Area Around the Cabrera Archipelago (Balearic Islands)....Pages 179-185
Subaqueous Dunes Over Sand Ridges on the Murcia Outer Shelf....Pages 187-192
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Bedforms as Benthic Habitats: Living on the Edge, Chaos, Order and Complexity....Pages 195-198
Benthic Communities on Shallow Sedimentary Bottoms in the Western Mediterranean....Pages 199-206
Characterization of Benthic Communities in a Subaqueous Dune Field on the Continental Shelf (Mar Menor, Western Mediterranean)....Pages 207-214
Bio and Anthropogenic Disturbance of Maërl Communities Settled on Subaqueous Dunes on the Mar Menor Continental Shelf (Western Mediterranean)....Pages 215-219
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Bedforms in the Southern Submarine Canyons of the Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean) Interpreted as Cyclic Steps....Pages 223-228
Cyclic Steps at the Head of Channelized Features Along the Calabrian Margin (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy)....Pages 229-233
Potential Cyclic Steps in a Gully System of the Gulf of Palermo (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea)....Pages 235-240
Bedforms Feeding and Bedforms Fed by Canyon Activity Around Punta Alice Promontory (Calabria Ionian Margin, Italy)....Pages 241-246
Examples of Sediment Waves in and Around Submarine Canyons of the North Alboran Sea....Pages 247-252
Sediment Waves at the Mouth of the Almanzora-Alías-Garrucha Canyon....Pages 253-256
Front Matter....Pages 257-257
Large Sediment Waves Over the Gulf of Roses Continental Slope (NW Mediterranean)....Pages 259-264
Front Matter....Pages 257-257
Large-Scale Fine-Grained Sediment Waves Over the Gulf of Valencia Continental Slope (NW Mediterranean)....Pages 265-271
Generation of Bedforms by the Mediterranean Outflow Current at the Exit of the Strait of Gibraltar....Pages 273-280
Bedforms on the Distal Valencia Channel and Turbidite System....Pages 281-285
Small-Scale Bedforms Generated by Gravity Flows in the Aeolian Islands....Pages 287-292
Large-Scale Bedforms on Volcaniclastic Aprons Around the Aeolian Islands (Italy)....Pages 293-298
Deep-Water, Large-Scale Sediment Waves Bounded by the Valencia Channel....Pages 299-305
Back Matter....Pages 307-307