Atlas of the Deep-Water Seabed Ireland /

• Main Authors: Dorschel, Boris (Author), Wheeler, Andrew J. (Author), Monteys, Xavier (Author), Verbruggen, Koen (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Oceanography.; Physical geography.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Earth Sciences.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Physical Geography.

Presented in an accessible, user-friendly format, this atlas sets out all the major features revealed during one of the largest ever deep-sea mapping campaigns. A unique insight into the morphology of the seabed along the continental margin of the North-East Atlantic, it reveals for the first time m...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: BACKGROUND & OVERVIEW. 1 Introduction. - 2. INSS Data Processing
• 3. The Irish Seabed
• 4. Below the Irish Seabed
• 5. On the Irish Seabed
• 6. Above the Irish Seabed
• Part II: THEMATIC ATLAS. 7. Canyons & Channels
• 8. Seamounts
• 9. Escarpments
• 10. Mound Features & Carbonate Mounds
• 11. Iceberg Ploughmarks
• Part III: REGIONAL ATLAS. 12. Southwest Approaches & Goban Spur
• 13. Porcupine Seabight
• 14. Porcupine Bank
• 15. Northernmost Irish Continental Margin.-16. Rockall Trough
• 17. Rockall Bank
• 18. Hatton-Rockall Basin & Hatton Bank
• Part IV: GOING DEEPER… 19. A Guide to the Digital Atlas
• Index.