Cut-offs at an abyssal meander south of Iceland

Research Article| December 01, 1979 Cut-offs at an abyssal meander south of Iceland Peter Lonsdale; Peter Lonsdale 1University of California, San Diego, Marine Physical Laboratory of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California 92093 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar C. D. Hollister C. D. Hollister 2Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Peter Lonsdale 1University of California, San Diego, Marine Physical Laboratory of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California 92093 C. D. Hollister 2Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543 Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (1979) 7 (12): 597–601. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1979)7<597:CAAAMS>2.0.CO;2 Article history First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Peter Lonsdale, C. D. Hollister; Cut-offs at an abyssal meander south of Iceland. Geology 1979;; 7 (12): 597–601. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1979)7<597:CAAAMS>2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract Reynisdjup Channel is a conduit across the insular rise for turbidity currents from southern Iceland. It has a large meander, at depths of 2,000 to 2,200 m, that was examined with a deep-tow vehicle. Erosive turbidity currents are creating cut-off channels by spilling across several parts of the meander: (1) a crevasse at the outside of the bend may cause channel avulsion; (2) chute cut-off has isolated a scroll bar; and (3) the 8-km-wide meander neck has been dissected by narrow spillways and by "mega-flutes" as much as 1 km wide and 30 m deep. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.