Submarine processes of the middle Atlantic continental rise based on GLORIA imagery
Geological Society of America Bulletin
By: J. S. Schlee and James M. Robb
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Abstract
Approximately 6100 km of 3.5-kHz echo-sounding profiles was correlated with a GLORIA side-scan sonar image of the mid-Atlantic United States (34??N, 70??W) lower slope-upper continental rise. The image allows us to map the major erosional and depositional features and to identify major processes that have shaped the area. Interpretation of GLORIA imagery and echo-sounding profiles indicates that mass movement is the predominant process affecting sediment on the United States east coast mid-Atlantic slope and upper rise and that isobath-parallel sediment movement by geostrophic currents is restricted mainly to the lower continental rise. The mass-movement processes evident on the rise probably were most active during the Pleistocene, when sea level was lower and sediment input more active. -from Authors
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Submarine processes of the middle Atlantic continental rise based on GLORIA imagery |
| Series title | Geological Society of America Bulletin |
| DOI | 10.1130/0016-7606(1991)103<1090:SPOTMA>2.3.CO;2 |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Year Published | 1991 |
| Language | English |
| Contributing office(s) | Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center |
| Description | 14 p. |
| Larger Work Title | Geological Society of America Bulletin |
| First page | 1090 |
| Last page | 1103 |
| Country | United States |
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