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New project. Follow the link: EMODNET The European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) consists of more than 160 organisations that together work on assembling, harmonising and making marine data, products and metadata more available to public and private...

New congress. Follow the link: MIA 2022 The Symposium on the Iberian Atlantic Margin (MIA) is a multidisciplinary scientific meeting that is held every 3 years. Its tenth edition will take place between July 7-9, 2022 at the Bizkaia Aretoan (Bilbao). The GMC will...

New book. Follow the link: Springer Complete and multidisciplinary field overview of the Alboran Sea, its marine resources and high marine biodiversity International joint effort: more than a hundred of scientists and university professors from Algeria, Morocco,...

Find it following the link: ScienceDirectDeception Island (South Shetland Islands) is one of the most active volcanoes in Antarctica, with more than 20 explosive eruptive events registered over the past centuries. Recent eruptions (1967, 1969, and 1970) and volcanic...

Find it following the link: ScienceDirectThis article offers an overview of the main sedimentary systems defining the geomorphology of deep sea environments from low to high latitudes. Mass-transport deposits, turbidite systems, contourites, volcaniclastic aprons,...

Find it following the link: Scientific ReportsTsunamis are triggered by sudden seafloor displacements, and usually originate from seismic activity at faults. Nevertheless, strike-slip faults are usually disregarded as major triggers, as they are thought to be capable...

Find it following the link: Marine GeologyAbstract Two Quaternary plastered contourite drifts, with terraced and low-mounded morphologies, make up the continental slope and base-of-slope in the northwestern Alboran Sea, respectively, between the Guadiaro and Baños...

Find it following the link: OceansGeological hazards can be considered all phenomena or conditions (on land and offshore), natural or induced by human activity, that can produce damage and that geological information can be used to predict, prevent, or correct. Marine...

Find it following the link:  Marine Geology  The Western Mediterranean Deep Water (WMDW), on its way out toward the Atlantic Ocean, has favored the formation of contourite drifts in the Alboran Sea (SW Mediterranean) since the opening of the Strait of Gibraltar....

Find it following the link: TectonicsUnderstanding active tectonics and seismicity in extensional settings requires the analysis of high-angle normal faults (HANFs) and the transfer of deformation at depth. The debate surrounds the role of low-angle normal faults...