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Title: Tectonic activity and the evolution of submarine canyons : the Cook Strait Canyon system, New Zealand
Authors: Micallef, Aaron
Mountjoy, Joshu
Barnes, Philip
Canals, Miquel
Lastras, Galderic
Keywords: Sedimentology -- New Zealand
Submarine topography -- New Zealand
Geomorphology -- Research
Submarine valleys
Issue Date: 2016
Publisher: EGU
Citation: Micallef, A., Mountjoy, J., Barnes, P., Canals, M., & Lastras, G. (2016, April). Tectonic activity and the evolution of submarine canyons: the Cook Strait Canyon system, New Zealand. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (pp. EPSC2016-6685).
Abstract: Submarine canyons are Earth’s most dramatic erosional features, comprising steep-walled valleys that originate in the continental shelf and slope. They play a key role in the evolution of continental margins by transferring sediments into deep water settings and are considered important biodiversity hotspots, pathways for nutrients and pollutants, and analogues of hydrocarbon reservoirs. Although comprising only one third of continental margins worldwide, active margins host more than half of global submarine canyons. We still lack of thorough understanding of the coupling between active tectonics and submarine canyon processes, which is necessary to improve the modelling of canyon evolution in active margins and derive tectonic information from canyon morphology.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/94470
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