The Celtic Deep-Sea Fan: stratigraphy and sedimentary evolution

Authors
Droz, L Auffret, GA Savoye, B Bourillet, JF
Citation
L. Droz et al., The Celtic Deep-Sea Fan: stratigraphy and sedimentary evolution, CR AC S IIA, 328(3), 1999, pp. 173-180
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES SERIE II FASCICULE A-SCIENCES DELA TERRE ET DES PLANETES
ISSN journal
12518050 → ACNP
Volume
328
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
173 - 180
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(199902)328:3<173:TCDFSA>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Seismic data collected on the Celtic Fan during Sedifan cruises (European P rogram Enam II), stratigraphically correlated to DSDP site 400 (leg 48) sho w that fan deposition was initialed during the Early Miocene. It progressiv ely extended towards the middle of the Bay of Biscay during the Plio-Quater nary. The fan includes 3 main seismic units with several channel/levee bodi es disturbed by mass-movement deposits. Depocenters shifted several times, and the present-day morphology ultimately results from a last shift of detr itic inputs to the Whittard System. (C) Academie des sciences / Elsevier, P aris.