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Contour Current Sedimentation

Contour Current Sedimentation is a geological sedimentation process in which sediments are transported and deposited along the seafloor by persistent, bottom-trapped oceanic currents that follow isobaths, distinguished from other sedimentation mechanisms by its reliance on deep-water contour-following currents driven by thermohaline circulation.

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Citations

88

Authors

51

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Periplatform drift: The combined result of contour current and off-bank transport along carbonate platforms

Christian Betzler, Sebastian Lindhorst, Gregor P. Eberli et al. · Geology · 2014 · 96 citations

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Morphology and Acoustic Character of the Antarctic Wilkes Land Turbidite Systems: Ice-Sheet-Sourced Versus River-Sourced Fans

Carlota Escutia, Stephen L. Eittreim, Alan K. Cooper et al. · Journal of Sedimentary Research · 2000 · 91 citations

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Glacial contourites on the Antarctic Peninsula margin: insight for palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic conditions

Renata G. Lucchi, Michele Rebesco · Geological Society London Special Publications · 2007 · 80 citations

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In situ observation of contour currents in the northern South China Sea: Applications for deepwater sediment transport

Yulong Zhao, Zhifei Liu, Yanwei Zhang et al. · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2015 · 76 citations

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Late Quaternary architecture of trough-mouth fans: debris flows and suspended sediments on the Norwegian margin

J. Taylor, Julian A. Dowdeswell, N. H. Kenyon et al. · Geological Society London Special Publications · 2002 · 69 citations · Full text

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Authors

88

  1. AG
    Alberto G. Figueiredo

    Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil

    2 publications · 87 citations

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  2. MR
    Michele Rebesco

    National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics, Italy

    2 publications · 143 citations

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  3. JA
    Julian A. Dowdeswell

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 87 citations

    2

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  4. JF
    J.‐C. Faugères

    Université de Bordeaux, France

    2 publications · 87 citations

    2

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  5. EG
    E. Gonthier

    Université de Bordeaux, France

    2 publications · 71 citations

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Institutions

51

  1. Université de Bordeaux

    Bordeaux, France

    3 h-index

    12 publications

    465 citations

  2. China University of Petroleum, Beijing

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    171 citations

  3. Zhejiang University

    Hangzhou, China

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    243 citations

  4. Zhejiang Ocean University

    Zhoushan, China

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    243 citations

  5. Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux

    Pessac, France

    2 h-index

    9 publications

    315 citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    328 citations

  7. Institute of Oceanology

    Qingdao, China

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    103 citations

  8. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    174 citations

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Venues

  1. Marine Geology

    3 publications · 155 citations

    3

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  2. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    2 publications · 94 citations

    2

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  3. Geology

    2 publications · 159 citations

    2

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  4. Journal of Sedimentary Research

    JSR · 2 publications · 107 citations

    2

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  5. Sedimentary Geology

    2 publications · 84 citations

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