European Margin Sediment Dynamics: Side-Scan Sonar and Seismic Images

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Introduction....Pages 1-8
Summary of Geophysical Techniques....Pages 9-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
The Norwegian Margin....Pages 19-30
The Lofoten Contourite Drift: High-Resolution Seismic Stratigraphy....Pages 103-105
Gas Hydrates at Storegga Slide....Pages 107-110
Seabed and Subsurface Features on the Southern Vøring Plateau and Northern Storegga Slide Escarpment....Pages 111-117
The Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano....Pages 119-122
GLORIA Long-Range Sidescan Sonar Mosaic of the North Norwegian Margin (67–75°N)....Pages 31-35
Large-Scale Slides on the North Norwegian Margin Imaged by GLORIA....Pages 37-43
The Northern Storegga Slide Escarpment — Morphology and Features....Pages 45-53
A Weak Layer Feature on the Northern Storegga Slide Escarpment....Pages 55-62
Morphology of a Non-glacigenic Debris Flow Lobe in the Helland Hansen Area Investigated with 3D Seismic Data....Pages 63-65
The Trænadjupet Slide: Sediment Disintegration and Flow....Pages 67-70
Morphology and Acoustic Character of the Middle and Lower North Sea Fan....Pages 71-75
Debris Flow Activity on the Bear Island Trough Mouth Fan from GLORIA and 3.5 kHz Records....Pages 77-81
Submarine Glacigenic Debris Flows on the Bear Island Trough Mouth Fan, Western Barents Sea: Aspects of Flow Behaviour....Pages 83-85
Morphology of Glacigenic Debris Flows on the Upper North Sea Fan....Pages 87-91
Canyon and Channel Systems in the Lofoten Basin, Norwegian Margin....Pages 93-97
Morphology of the Lofoten Basin Channel....Pages 99-101
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
The Faeroe-Shetland Margin....Pages 125-131
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Long-Range Side-Scan Sonar Imagery of the North Faeroes Margin....Pages 133-137
A Major Channel System on the North Faeroes Margin from Side-Scan Sonar Records....Pages 139-143
A Record of Mid-Cenozoic Strong Deep-Water Erosion in the Faroe-Shetland Channel....Pages 145-148
Morphology of an Ice-Sheet Limit and Constructional Glacially-Fed Slope Front, Faroe-Shetland Channel....Pages 149-152
Sandy Contourites and Pathways of the Norwegian Sea Overflow Water, West of the Faeroe Bank Channel....Pages 153-157
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
The Rockall-Porcupine Margin....Pages 161-172
Growth and Partial Destruction of a Neogene Sediment Drift, Western Rockall Trough....Pages 193-195
Development of a Sediment Drift: Feni Drift, NE Atlantic Margin....Pages 197-201
Canyon Heads and Channel Architecture of the Gollum Channel, Porcupine Seabight....Pages 183-186
The Continental Rise West of Porcupine Seabight, Northeast Atlantic....Pages 187-192
Images of Sliding and Slumping Along the Porcupine and SW Rockall Trough Margins....Pages 173-178
Giant Carbonate Mounds and Current-Swept Seafloors on the Slopes of the Southern Rockall Trough....Pages 203-209
Giant Carbonate Mounds Along the Porcupine and SW Rockall Trough Margins....Pages 211-216
Mounds and Sediment Drift in the Porcupine Basin, West of Ireland....Pages 217-220
Holocene Shelf-Margin Submarine Landslides, Donegal Fan, Eastern Rockall Trough....Pages 179-182
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
The Celtic and Armorican Margins — a New View....Pages 223-228
Morphology and Seismic Stratigraphy of the Manche Paleoriver System, Western Approaches....Pages 229-232
The Celtic Deep-Sea Fan: Seismic Facies, Architecture and Stratigraphy....Pages 233-238
Morphology and Depositional Processes of the Celtic Fan, Bay of Biscay....Pages 239-243
Physiography of the Armorican Turbidite System (Bay of Biscay)....Pages 245-248
Front Matter....Pages 249-249
The Iberian and Canaries Margin including NW Africa....Pages 251-260
Sediment Dynamic Features on the Eastern Gulf of Cadiz (SW Spain)....Pages 261-266
Reassessment of Sedimentary Evidence for Deep Contour Currents West of Iberia....Pages 267-270
Debris Avalanche Deposits on the Flanks of the Canary Islands: Contrasts Between El Hierro and Tenerife....Pages 271-274
Flow Processes in the Saharan Debris Flow....Pages 275-278
Turbidity Current Processes and Deposits in the Moroccan Turbidite System....Pages 279-282
Oligocene to Recent Processes on the Agadir Continental Margin and Basin (Central Eastern Atlantic)....Pages 283-287
Canyon Switching in the Moroccan Turbidite System, Northwest African Margin....Pages 289-291
Large-Scale Slides on the Flanks of the Canary Islands....Pages 293-296
Giant Landslides off the Island of La Palma....Pages 297-300
El Hierro: Shaping of an Oceanic Island by Mass Wasting....Pages 301-305
Back Matter....Pages 307-309