The Role of Canyons on Strata Formation

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Miquel Canals | GRC Geociències Marines, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

Jose Luis Casamor | GRC Geociències Marines, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

Galderic Lastras | GRC Geociències Marines, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

André Monaco | CEFREM, Université de Perpignan-CNRS, Perpignan, France

Juan Acosta | Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Madrid, Spain

Serge Berné | Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer (IFREMER), Plouzané Cedex, France

Benoît Loubrieu | Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer (IFREMER), Plouzané Cedex, France

Philip P.E. Weaver | Southampton Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom

Anthony Grehan | University College Galway, Ireland

Bernard Dennielou | Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer (IFREMER), Plouzané Cedex, France

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First Paragraph

This paper provides a spatial and temporal multi-scale approach of European submarine canyons. We first present the long-term geologic view of European margins as related to controls on submarine canyon development. Then we discuss the extent to which submarine canyon systems resemble river systems because both essentially form drainage networks. Finally, we deal with the shortest-term, highest-resolution scale to get a flavor of the current functioning and health of modern submarine canyons in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea.

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Citation

Canals, M., J.L. Casamor, G. Lastras, A. Monaco, J. Acosta, S. Berné, B. Loubrieu, P.P.E. Weaver, A. Grehan, and B. Dennielou. 2004. The role of canyons on strata formation. Oceanography 17(4):80–91, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2004.06.

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