Resumen de Capture of a deep-sea contour current by a canyon on the Algarve Margin (Gulf of Cadiz, Eastern Atlantic)

Elodie Marchès, Thierry Mulder, Eliane Gonthier, Michel Cremer, Thierry Garlan

• The N-S Portimao Canyon on the Algarve Margin (N. Gulf of Cadiz) captures the E-W flowing Mediterranean Outflow Water. On the eastern side of the canyon, the MOW builds thick prograding elongated separated drift (including a moat), made of silty contourites and a strong sedimentation rate. On the western side of the canyon, the MOW builds thin aggrading drift made of muddy contourites and a low sedimentation rate.