Depósitos coralinos litificados en el Estrecho de Gibraltar
With the results obtained in the various marine campaigns carried out in the Strait of Gibraltar Sill, an area covered with ahermatipic coral mounds and hardgrounds very lithified has been encountered in its central and deepest part (180-300 m). The strong marine currents and the different nature of...
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 1996 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universidad de Huelva (UHU) |
| Repository: | Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva |
| Language: | Spanish |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/11830 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10272/11830 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Strait of Gibraltar Ahermatipic corals Subsea Hthification Lithoherms |
| Summary: | With the results obtained in the various marine campaigns carried out in the Strait of Gibraltar Sill, an area covered with ahermatipic coral mounds and hardgrounds very lithified has been encountered in its central and deepest part (180-300 m). The strong marine currents and the different nature of the waters (Mediterranean and Atlantic) that meet in the Strait play a main role in the development of the deep mounds because they are responsible for the elongated shape and Hthification that affect both coral mounds and hardgrounds between them. The term lithoherm, already used in the Strait of Florida, is adopted for these kinds of biogenic sediments |
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