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Contourite Stratigraphy

Contourite Stratigraphy is a stratigraphic framework that characterizes the vertical and lateral distribution of sedimentary deposits formed by deep-water bottom currents, distinguished from other depositional systems by its genesis in contour-following thermohaline-driven flows along continental margins.

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2017–2026

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107

Bottom currents, contourites and deep-sea sediment drifts: current state-of-the-art

Dorrik A. V. Stow, Jean‐Claude Faugères, John Howe et al. · Geological Society London Memoirs · 2002 · 337 citations

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Contourites: Their recognition in modern and ancient sediments

Dorrik A. V. Stow, J. P. B. Lovell · Earth-Science Reviews · 1979 · 255 citations

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Contourite depositional system on the Argentine Slope: An exceptional record of the influence of Antarctic water masses

F. Javier Hernández‐Molina, Marcelo Paterlini, Roberto A. Violante et al. · Geology · 2009 · 194 citations

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Seismic expression of contourites and related deposits: a preface

Michele Rebesco, Dorrik A. V. Stow · Marine Geophysical Research · 2001 · 187 citations

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High-resolution stratigraphy of the Mediterranean outflow contourite system in the Gulf of Cadiz during the late Pleistocene: The impact of Heinrich events

Estefanía Llave, J. Schönfeld, F. Javier Hernández‐Molina et al. · Marine Geology · 2006 · 180 citations · Full text

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Authors

378

  1. DA
    Dorrik A. V. Stow

    Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom

    16 publications · 1.5K citations

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  2. FJ
    F. Javier Hernández‐Molina

    Royal Holloway University of London, United Kingdom

    16 publications · 1.1K citations

    15

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  3. EL
    Estefanía Llave

    Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Spain

    11 publications · 908 citations

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  4. GE
    Gemma Ercilla

    Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain

    7 publications · 388 citations

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  5. FJ
    Francisco J. Rodríguez‐Tovar

    Universidad de Granada, Spain

    7 publications · 394 citations

    7

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1–5 of 378

Institutions

175

  1. Instituto Geológico y Minero de España

    Madrid, Spain

    18 h-index

    35 publications

    3.1K citations

  2. Royal Holloway University of London

    Egham, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    30 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. Universidade de Vigo

    Vigo, Spain

    15 h-index

    16 publications

    1.5K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    14 h-index

    55 publications

    2.6K citations

  5. Universidad de Granada

    Granada, Spain

    12 h-index

    17 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. Université de Bordeaux

    Bordeaux, France

    10 h-index

    31 publications

    2.2K citations

  7. Heriot-Watt University

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    14 publications

    773 citations

  8. Ifremer

    Brest, France

    7 h-index

    24 publications

    1.1K citations

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  1. Marine Geology

    32 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. Geological Society London Special Publications

    9 publications · 560 citations

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  3. Geo-Marine Letters

    9 publications · 378 citations

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  4. Sedimentary Geology

    8 publications · 540 citations

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  5. Geological Society London Memoirs

    7 publications · 497 citations

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