Contourites and associated sediments controlled by deep-water circulation processes: State-of-the-art and future considerations

The contourite paradigm was conceived a few decades ago, yet there remains a need to establish a sound connection between contourite deposits, basin evolution and oceanographic processes. Significant recent advances have been enabled by various factors, including the establishment of two IGCP projects and the realisation of several IODP expeditions. Contourites were first described in the Northern and Southern Atlantic Ocean, and since then, have been discovered in every major ocean basin and even in lakes. The 120 major contourite areas presently known are associated to myriad oceanographic processes in surface, intermediate and deep-water masses. The increasing recognition of these deposits is influencing…

• M
  Marathon

  Award: CTM 2012-39599-C03
• OR
  Owl Research Institute
• IF
  Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer
• HU
  Heriot-Watt University
• VI
  Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
• VR
  Vlaamse regering
• RI
  Rothamsted International

  Award: CTM 2008-06399-C04/MAR
• RH
  Royal Holloway, University of London

  Award: CTM 2012-39599-C03