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Geomorphology and sedimentary features in the Central Portuguese submarine canyons, Western Iberian margin by Lastras, G., Arzola, R.G., Masson, D.G., Wynn, R.B., Huvenne, V.A.I., Hühnerbach, V., Canals, M.

“…The Central Portuguese submarine canyons (Nazaré, Cascais and Setúbal–Lisbon canyons) dissect the Western Iberian margin in an east–west direction from the…”
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Comparison between ROV video and Agassiz trawl methods for sampling deep water fauna of submarine canyons in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea with observations on behavioural reactions of target species by Ayma, A., Aguzzi, J., Canals, M., Lastras, G., Bahamon, N., Mecho, A., Company, J.B.

“…In this paper we present a comparison between Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) and Agassiz trawling methods for sampling deep-water fauna in three submarine…”
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Slope failure dynamics and impacts from seafloor and shallow sub-seafloor geophysical data: case studies from the COSTA project by Canals, M., Lastras, G., Urgeles, R., Casamor, J.L., Mienert, J., Cattaneo, A., De Batist, M., Haflidason, H., Imbo, Y., Laberg, J.S., Locat, J., Long, D., Longva, O., Masson, D.G., Sultan, N., Trincardi, F., Bryn, P.

“…Holocene and slightly pre-Holocene submarine landslide are found both in high-latitude glacial-dominated margins and in lower latitude, river-dominated…”
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Dense shelf water cascades and sedimentary furrow formation in the Cap de Creus Canyon, northwestern Mediterranean Sea by Puig, P., Palanques, A., Orange, D.L., Lastras, G., Canals, M.

“…To investigate the processes by which sediment is transported through a submarine canyon incised in a continental margin affected by recurrent dense shelf…”
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Impact of open-ocean convection on particle fluxes and sediment dynamics in the deep margin of the Gulf of Lions by Stabholz, M, Durrieu de Madron, X, Canals, M, Khripounoff, A, Taupier-Letage, I, Testor, P, Heussner, S, Kerhervé, P, Delsaut, N, Houpert, L, Lastras, G, Dennielou, B

“…The deep outer margin of the Gulf of Lions and the adjacent basin, in the western Mediterranean Sea, are regularly impacted by open-ocean convection, a major…”
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Particle fluxes and their drivers in the Avilés submarine canyon and adjacent slope, central Cantabrian margin, Bay of Biscay by Rumín-Caparrós, A., Sanchez-Vidal, A., González-Pola, C., Lastras, G., Calafat, A., Canals, M.

“…•Avilés Canyon is one of the largest submarine canyons in Europe.•Total mass fluxes are dominated by river-sourced lithogenics (53–67%).•Biological inputs…”
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Submarine canyon formation and evolution in the Argentine Continental Margin between 44°30'S and 48°S by Lastras, G., Acosta, J., Muñoz, A., Canals, M.

“…In the framework of the Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VME) of the High Seas of the South West Atlantic, large areas of the Argentine Continental Margin (ACM)…”
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A walk down the Cap de Creus canyon, Northwestern Mediterranean Sea: Recent processes inferred from morphology and sediment bedforms by Lastras, G., Canals, M., Urgeles, R., Amblas, D., Ivanov, M., Droz, L., Dennielou, B., Fabrés, J., Schoolmeester, T., Akhmetzhanov, A., Orange, D., García-García, A.

“…The Cap de Creus canyon, northwestern Mediterranean Sea, belongs to a complex network of submarine canyons cutting the western Gulf of Lion continental shelf…”
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Failure mechanisms of Ana Slide from geotechnical evidence, Eivissa Channel, Western Mediterranean Sea by Lafuerza, S., Sultan, N., Canals, M., Lastras, G., Cattaneo, A., Frigola, J., Costa, S., Berndt, C.

“…This work deals with the failure mechanisms of Ana Slide in the Eivissa Channel, in between the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands, under the effects…”
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Understanding sediment dynamics of two large submarine valleys from seafloor data: Blanes and La Fonera canyons, northwestern Mediterranean Sea by Lastras, G., Canals, M., Amblas, D., Lavoie, C., Church, I., De Mol, B., Duran, R., Calafat, A.M., Hughes-Clarke, J.E., Smith, C.J., Heussner, S.

“…The studied area appears as a major place for dense shelf water (DSW) formation and export towards the deep basin with Blanes and La Fonera canyons as most…”
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Shallow slides and pockmark swarms in the Eivissa Channel, western Mediterranean Sea by Lastras, G., Canals, M., Urgeles, R., Hughes-Clarke, J. E., Acosta, J.

“…Four slides, the Ana, Joan, Nuna and Jersi slides, have been imaged on the seafloor along the Balearic margin of the Eivissa Channel in the western…”
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First in situ observations of the deep-sea carnivorous ascidian Dicopia antirrhinum Monniot C., 1972 in the Western Mediterranean Sea by Mecho, A., Aguzzi, J., Company, J.B., Canals, M., Lastras, G., Turon, X.

“…Dicopia antirrhinum C. Monniot, 1972 is a rare species of deep-sea ascidian belonging to the Family Octacnemidae, reported at depths of 1000–2500m in European…”
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Characterisation of the recent BIG'95 debris flow deposit on the Ebro margin, Western Mediterranean Sea, after a variety of seismic reflection data by Lastras, G., Canals, M., Urgeles, R., De Batist, M., Calafat, A.M., Casamor, J.L.

“…Swath bathymetry and backscatter data, side-scan sonographs, high-resolution (HR) and very high resolution (VHR) reflection seismic profiles, and sediment…”
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Long-term development and current status of the Barcelona continental shelf: A source-to-sink approach by Liquete, C., Canals, M., Lastras, G., Amblas, D., Urgeles, R., De Mol, B., De Batist, M., Hughes-Clarke, J.E.

“…The Barcelona continental shelf, off the city of Barcelona (NE Spain), is a relatively narrow canyon-bounded shelf in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Three…”
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Eivissa slides, western Mediterranean Sea: morphology and processes by Lastras, G, Canals, M, Amblas, D, Ivanov, M, Dennielou, B, Droz, L, Akhmetzhanov, A

“…After obtaining full-coverage swath bathymetry data in 1995 and very high-resolution acoustic profiles in 2002, four slides at the Balearic Margin of the…”
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Sea floor morphology of the Ebro Shelf in the region of the Columbretes Islands, Western Mediterranean by Muñoz, A., Lastras, G., Ballesteros, M., Canals, M., Acosta, J., Uchupi, E.

“…Widespread volcanism off eastern Spain in the western Mediterranean is associated with Cenozoic crustal attenuation and sinistral motion along the…”
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Conceptual and numerical modeling of the Big'95 debris flow, western Mediterranean Sea by Lastras, Galderic, De Blasio, Fabio Vittorio, Canals, Miquel, Elverhoi, Anders

“…The BIG '95 debris flow affected 2,200 km of the Ebro continental slope and rise in the western Mediterranean Sea. The resulting deposit of sandy and silty mud…”
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Slope Instability along the northeastern Iberian and Balearic continental margins by Lastras Membrive, Galderic, Canals Artigas, Miquel, Amblàs Novellas, David, Frigola Ferrer, Jaime Ignacio, Urgeles Esclasans, Roger, Calafat Frau, Antoni, Acosta Yepes, Juan

“…This paper gathers the available information on submarine landslides identified in the northeastern Iberian continental margin and presents new data on both…”
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Multiproxy characterization of sedimentary facies in a submarine sulphide mine tailings dumping site and their environmental significance: The study case of Portmán Bay (SE Spain) by Baza-Varas, Andrea, Canals, Miquel, Frigola, Jaime, Cerdà-Domènech, Marc, Rodés, Nil, Tarrés, Marta, Sanchez-Vidal, Anna

“…Mining activities are essential to our society, but ore extraction and treatment produce waste that must be stored in safe places without harm to the…”
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On the termination of deep-sea fan channels: Examples from the Rhône Fan (Gulf of Lion, Western Mediterranean Sea) by Droz, L., Jégou, I., Gillet, H., Dennielou, B., Bez, M., Canals, M., Amblas, D., Lastras, G., Rabineau, M.

“…The termination of a deep-sea turbiditic channel represents the ultimate sink of terrigenous sediment in the oceans or lakes. Such environment is characterized…”
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