RT Journal Article
T1 Flujos de partículas en el margen continental de Barcelona : El control de los cañones submarinos en la transferencia plataforma-talud
T1 Fluxes of particulate matter on the Barcelona continental margin: The role of submarine canyons on the shelf-slope transfer
A1 Puig, P.
A1 Palanques, Albert
AB Three mooring lines equiped with four sediment traps were deployed in the south Barcelona continental margin, inside the Foix submarine canyon near-bottom, at intermediate waters, and in the interfluve, from April 1993 to May 1994. The distribution and the time series of vertical mass fluxes, show a transport of particles both downslope from the shelf into the water column, mainly tunneled trough submarine canyons, and alongslope transport. The region of maximum particulate-matter flux to the slope, constituting a depocenter, Is located near the canyon head. The temporal variability of the measured fluxes appears dominated by river sediment inputs and storm-driven resuspension. Canyons are suggested to serve both as a conduits for transport of sediment from the shelf to the slope, and as a temporal particle reservoirs
PB Sociedad Geológica de España
YR 1996
FD 1996
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/12186
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/12186
LA spa
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 30 may 2026