The Gulf of Cadiz Contourite Depositional System (GCCS) developed due to the interaction Mediterranean Outflow Water (MOW) with middle continental slope SW Iberian margin. GCCS evolved in a complex tectonic setting within foreland Betic Orogeny and near Nubia-Eurasia plate boundary. This study used tectonostratigraphic analysis an extensive 2D multichannel seismic reflection dataset investigate...

Sediment deposits formed mainly under the influence of bottom currents (contourites) are widely used as high-resolution archives for reconstructing past ocean conditions. However, driving processes Contourite Depositional Systems (CDS) not entirely understood. The aim this study is to establish a clearer link between contourite features and oceanographic that form them. morphosedimentary charac...

Bottom current deposits (contourites) form in association with modern-day or ancient oceanic gateways. A paucity of examples the record and lack consensus on diagnostic criteria for differentiating them from other deepwater limit our understanding how they may past global circulation, tectonic events gateway evolution. This work describes an exceptional example Eocene to middle Miocene deep-mar...