Geological processes on continental margins: sedimentation, mass-wasting and stability: an introduction

A Pliocene mixed contourite–turbidite system offshore the Algarve Margin, Gulf of Cadiz: Seismic response, margin evolution and reservoir implications

“…Major accumulations of contourite deposits are referred to as "drifts". Where currents are strong enough, a variety of erosional and depositional features are developed (Evans et al, 1998;García et al, 2009;Hernández-Molina et al, 2008;Masson, 2001;Nelson et al, 1993;Preu et al, 2013;Stow et al, 2009;Stow and Mayall, 2000). An association of various drifts and related erosional features is commonly termed a contourite depositional system (CDS) , 2008.…”

Giant mounded drifts in the Argentine Continental Margin: Origins, and global implications for the history of thermohaline circulation

“…Extensive erosion or non-deposition leads to the development of widespread hiatuses in the depositional records (Van Andel et al, 1977;Laberg et al, 2005;Stoker et al, 2005;Maldonado et al, 2006). Although erosive features in contourites have been studied (see, for example: Nelson et al, 1993Nelson et al, , 1999Evans et al, 1998;Stow and Mayall, 2000;Masson, 2001;Hernández-Molina et al, 2006, 2008aGarcía et al, 2009), they have yet to be classified into a single system that incorporates standard drift categories.…”

Late Pleistocene and Holocene sedimentary facies on the SW Galicia Bank (Atlantic NW Iberian Peninsula)

“…The sedimentary processes have been divided into three categories taking into account the direction of movement: predominately downslope, alongslope, and vertical flux (Evans et al, 1998). On the SW flank of the Galicia Bank, our sedimentological study indicates that downslope processes predominate mainly in the form of turbidity flows, although the presence of debris flows are also detected.…”

“…The last few decades have been times of major reorientation in the sedimentologist's view of deep-sea sediment transport and deposition, and the mechanisms that operate on continental margins and the deep-sea ocean (Evans et al, 1998;Stow and Myall, 2000;Wynn et al, 2002). The sedimentary processes have been divided into three categories taking into account the direction of movement: predominately downslope, alongslope, and vertical flux (Evans et al, 1998).…”