Mounds and Sediment Drift in the Porcupine Basin, West of Ireland
The Rockall and Porcupine Basins, west of Ireland (Fig. 1) , feature probably some of the world’s most spectacular carbonate mound provinces (Croker and 0’Loughlin 1998 ). In addition to the cluster of large surface mounds in the Porcupine Basin described
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P. Weaver European Margin Sediment Dynamics
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH
Jurgen Mienert (Eds.) Philip Weaver
European Margin Sediment Dynamics Side-Scan Sonar and Seismic Images With 170 Figures, 39 in colour
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Editors Professor Jurgen Mienert University ofTroms0 Institute of Geology Dramsveien 201 9037 Troms0 Norway Professor Philip Weaver University of 50uthampton 50uthampton Oceanography Centre European Way, Empress Dock 5014 3ZH 50uthampton Great Britain
ISBN 978-3-642-62689-0 Libraryof Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mienert, J. (Jiirgen) European margin sediment dynamics : side-scan sonar and seismic images/Jiirgen Mienert, Philip Weaver p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-3-642-62689-0 ISBN 978-3-642-55846-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-55846-7 1. Marine sediments - North Atlantic Ocean - Remote sens ing. 2. Continental margins - Europe - Remote sensing. 3. Sediment transport - North Atlantic Ocean - Remote sensing. 1. Title: Side-scan sonar and seismic images. II. Weaver, Philip, 1952- III. Title. GC383 W432002 551.46·084-dc21 This work is subject to copyright. AII rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfllm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Veriag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law.
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Preface
Since the 1990s, when the European Commission ner similar to aerial photography. It should be kept started under the Marine Science and Technology in mind, that each of the continental margin sur(MAST) programme funding for multinational veys between Svalbard in the north and the Cacontinental margin research, increased investiga- naries in the south, called for the team work of scitions of the seabed provided new insights into entists and seamen on numerous r
