The Alpine orogeny is well recorded onshore and offshore by tectonic inversion of the Mesozoic rift basins. Large scale linear seamounts (more than 250 km long and with up to 5 km of uplift) involving oceanic and continental lithosphere were carried on top of thrusts, such as the Gorringe seamount and the Estremadura Spur in the SouthWest and West Iberia Margin, respectively. The SouthWest Iberia Margin also re...
Submarine mass failures represent one of the most significant marine geo hazards. Their importance as a major contributor to tsunami generation and hazard has been recognized over the last 20–30 years. This study investigates a newly mapped submarine landslide, the South Hirondelle Landslide (SHL), and its potential to generate a tsunami and to threat the surrounding coasts. The SHL is located 150 km offshore S...
Efectuou-se a calibração estratigráfica das unidades sísmicas mais recentes identificadas na Bacia offshore do Algarve recorrendo à análise biostratigráfica (Nanofósseis calcários e Foraminíferos) do core de pistão SWIM04-39. Obteve-se uma idade de cerca de 4.0 Ma (Pliocénico Inferior, Zancliano) para as associações fitoplanctónica e faunística presente nas amostras do referido core. Estes dados permitiram data...