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The Meriadzek Terrace: A marginal plateau

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The Meriadzek Terrace forms part of the continental margin in the Bay of Biscay at a depth between that of the Continental shelf and the abyssal plain. Reflection profiles show that it is bounded on either side by basement ridges with a sediment infill between the ridges. It was probably formed by downfaulting of the continental shelf, possibly connected with the opening of the Bay of Biscay.

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  1. Dept. of Geodesy and Geophysics, Cambridge, UK

    S. G. Smith

  2. Vening Meinesz Laboratorium, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    E. D. Van Riessen

  3. Shell International Petroleum Company, The Hague, The Netherlands

    E. D. Van Riessen

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Smith, S.G., Van Riessen, E.D. The Meriadzek Terrace: A marginal plateau. Mar Geophys Res 2, 83–94 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00451873

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