Research Explorer

Project

Evolution of the Gollum Channel System, offshore Ireland: interplay between bottom currents and mass-wasting processes.
Code
01CD07524
Duration
01 November 2024 → 28 February 2025
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Marine geoscience
    • Sedimentology
    • Stratigraphy
    • Physical oceanography
    • Geomorphology and landscape evolution
    • Quaternary environments
Keywords
seafloor morphology seismic stratigraphy bottom currents marine geosciences internal waves mass-wasting processes sedimentology
 
Project description
Submarine canyon-channel systems are generally thought capable of transporting material downslope only when connected to a terrestrial source. This project tests this hypothesis and thereby identifies the processes that shape large-scale canyon-channel systems and determine their (in)activity. It focuses on the interplay between bottom currents and downslope mass-wasting processes in the presently land-detached Gollum Channel System offshore southwest Ireland.