OCEANOGRAPHIC MOWER CRUISE
The MOWER Cruise has executed a geophysics and geologic expedition in the Gulf of Cádiz (sector adjacent to the Strait of Gibraltar) and west off Portugal, in the framework of the coordinate research project MOWER “Erosive features and associated sandy deposits generated by the Mediterranean Outflow...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2015-04-01
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| Series: | The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XL-5-W5/223/2015/isprsarchives-XL-5-W5-223-2015.pdf |
| Summary: | The MOWER Cruise has executed a geophysics and geologic expedition in the Gulf of Cádiz (sector adjacent to the Strait of
Gibraltar) and west off Portugal, in the framework of the coordinate research project MOWER “Erosive features and associated
sandy deposits generated by the Mediterranean Outflow Water (MOW) around Iberia: paleoceanographic, sedimentary & economic
implications” (CTM 2012–39599–C03). The main aim of this project is to identify and study the erosional features (terraces and
channels) and associated sedimentary deposits (sandy contourites) generated by the Mediterranean Water Masses around the middle
continental slope of Iberia (The Mediterranean Outflow Water – MOW – in the Atlantic margins), their Pliocene and Quaternary
evolution and their paleoceanographic, sedimentary and economic implications. This objective directly involves the study of alongslope
(contourite) processes associated with the MOW and across–slope (turbiditic flows, debris flows, etc.) processes in the
sedimentary stacking pattern and evolution of the Iberian margins. The MOWER project and cruise are related to the Integrated
Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 339 (Mediterranean Outflow). It is also linked and coordinated with CONDRIBER
Project “Contourite drifts and associated mass–transport deposits along the SW Iberia margin – implications to slope stability and
tsunami hazard assessment” (2013–2015) funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal (PTDC/GEO–GEO/4430/2012). |
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| ISSN: | 1682-1750 2194-9034 |