Carbonate mounds
Carbonate
mounds
and
coral
reefs have been an important target for marine expeditions since
1997
when I joined the TTR7 cruise. Besides the obvious interest for the
hydrocarbon
prospective, coral mounds are of great relevance for scientists trying
to
define the mechanism of start-up and growth of a coral colony. We
completed
intense multidisciplinary studies in the Gulf
of Cadiz, the Norwegian Sea
and the North Atlantic. More recently
I conducted a detailed
study on the Porcupine Bank coral mound field where coral, carbonate
and
phosphate deposits coexist in a unique environment. Our study
highlights the
effects of diagenesis and carbonate precipitation on the seafloor.
Publications: (Kenyon et al.,
1998; Kenyon et al., 1999; Kenyon et al.,
2001;
Kenyon et al., 2004)
Selected reading:
Mazzini, A.,
Akhmetjanov, A.M., Monteys, X., Ivanov, M., 2011. The Porcupine Bank
Canyon coral mounds: oceanographic and topographic steering of
deep-water carbonate mound development and associated phosphatic
deposition. Geo Marine Letters, v. 32, no. 3, p. 205-225.
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