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The Celtic and Armorican Margins — a New View

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European Margin Sediment Dynamics

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The Celtic and the Armorican margins constitute an important part of Europe’s western frontier at middle latitudes. Since the pioneering work of Berthois and Brenot which began in the early 1950s (Berthois and Brenot 1962; Berthois 1974) and the first maps including data obtained by Seabeam surveys (Pastouret et al. 1982; Lallemand et al. 1985; Sibuet et al. 1994), the Western Approaches and the northern Bay of Biscay margin sea floor have been intensively investigated as part of French (IFREMER, EPSHOM), Belgian and European programmes (RESECUSED, STARFISH, ENAM I and II, CORSAIRES, OMEX). Each of these phases have benefited from technical advances, such as: (a) the transition from single beam echo-sounding based on astronomic and radar dead recognitions to radio assisted navigation (DECCA); (b) seabeam (2/3 of water depth) and satellite-assisted navigation; (c) multibeam (up to 15 km range) and (d) high resolution Global Positioning System (GPS).

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    G. A. Auffret & M. Voisset

  2. Géosciences Marines-Environnements Sédimentaires, IFREMER, France

    R. Le Suavé & J. F. Bourillet

  3. SHOM, Centre Hydrographie, BP 426, 29275, Brest Cedex, France

    T. Garlan & S. Lucas

  4. Renard Centre of Marine Geology (RCMG) University of Gent, Belgium

    J.-P. Henriet

  5. Département de Géologie et Océanographie, Université de Bordeaux I, France

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Auffret, G.A. et al. (2003). The Celtic and Armorican Margins — a New View. In: Mienert, J., Weaver, P. (eds) European Margin Sediment Dynamics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55846-7_36

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