@article {Gori2013,
	title = {{Bathymetrical distribution and size structure of cold-water coral populations in the Cap de Creus and Lacaze-Duthiers canyons (northwestern Mediterranean)}},
	journal = {Biogeosciences},
	volume = {10},
	number = {3},
	year = {2013},
	month = {mar},
	pages = {2049{\textendash}2060},
	abstract = {Submarine canyons are known as one of the seafloor morphological features where living cold-water coral (CWC) communities develop in the Mediterranean Sea. We investigated the CWC community of the two westernmost submarine canyons of the Gulf of Lions canyon system: the Cap de Creus Canyon (CCC) and Lacaze-Duthiers Canyon (LDC). Coral associations have been studied through video material recorded by means of a manned submersible and a remotely operated vehicle. Video transects have been conducted and analyzed in order to obtain information on (1) coral bathymetric distribution and density patterns, (2) size structure of coral populations, and (3) coral colony position with respect to the substrate. Madrepora oculata was the most abundant CWC in both canyons, while Lophelia pertusa and Dendrophyllia cornigera mostly occurred as isolated colonies or in small patches. An important exception was detected in a vertical cliff in LDC where a large L. pertusa framework was documented. This is the first record of such an extended L. pertusa framework in the Mediterranean Sea. In both canyons coral populations were dominated by medium and large colonies, but the frequent presence of small-sized colonies also indicate active recruitment. The predominant coral orientation (90{\textdegree} and 135{\textdegree} ) is probably driven by the current regime as well as by the sediment load transported by the current flows. In general, no clear differences were observed in the abundance and in the size structure of the CWC populations between CCC and LDC, despite large differences in particulate matter between canyons. {\textcopyright} Author(s) 2013.},
	issn = {1726-4189},
	doi = {10.5194/bg-10-2049-2013},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84880722043\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Gori, A. and Orejas, C. and Madurell, T. and Bramanti, L. and Martins, M. and Quintanilla, E. and Marti-Puig, P. and Lo Iacono, C. and Puig, P. and Requena, S. and Greenacre, M. and Gili, J. M.}
}
@article {DeJuan2013,
	title = {{Benthic habitat characterisation of soft-bottom continental shelves: Integration of acoustic surveys, benthic samples and trawling disturbance intensity}},
	journal = {Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science},
	volume = {117},
	year = {2013},
	month = {jan},
	pages = {199{\textendash}209},
	abstract = {Eleven sites were located on Mediterranean continental shelves to explore the link between the physical characteristics and epibenthic fauna from soft-sediment habitats. These sites, at 32-82 m in depth, were associated with fishing grounds and the trawling intensity was estimated at the site scale to assess the effects of trawling on benthic communities. Each site was surveyed with Multi-Beam (bathymetry and backscatter), side-scan sonar, benthic grabs and a surface dredge. The sites were clustered in three habitat types. Habitat 1, with moderate trawling disturbance, was characterised by homogeneous mud and associated epifauna that was also highly homogeneous across sites. Habitat 2, with sandy mud and scattered gravel and rocks, had a high abundance of sessile suspension feeders that probably attach to the coarser substratum and benefit from the low fishing disturbance in these sites. Habitat 3 included sites with heterogeneous sediments with ma{\"e}rl as the prevailing biocenosis and having the highest species richness, despite being subjected to variable trawling intensity. Statistical models were used to relate environmental parameters and the species abundance. More than 3 physical variables were necessary to explain the epifaunal patterns across sites, including the percentage of mud, sediment heterogeneity and fishing effort. These analyses are an essential step for extrapolating information from benthic samples to the larger scale of habitats, mapped through acoustic surveys. Despite this, a good integration is required between the mapping of physical habitat distribution and the ecological knowledge of communities. {\textcopyright} 2012 Elsevier Ltd.},
	keywords = {benthic habitats, Continental shelf, Fishing disturbance, Mediterranean Sea, Multi-beam, Side-scan sonar},
	issn = {02727714},
	doi = {10.1016/j.ecss.2012.11.012},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84873710304\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {de Juan, S. and Lo Iacono, C. and Demestre, M.}
}
@article {Alfaro2012,
	title = {{The Bajo Segura Fault Zone: Active blind thrusting in the Eastern Betic Cordillera (SE Spain)}},
	journal = {Journal of Iberian Geology},
	volume = {38},
	number = {1},
	year = {2012},
	month = {sep},
	pages = {287{\textendash}300},
	abstract = {The Bajo Segura Fault Zone, located at the NE end of the Eastern Betic Shear Zone, has been the site of some of the most intense seismic activity on the Iberian Peninsula in the historical and instrumental time periods. This structure is an active blind fault that does not show any surface rupture. It is characterised by a set of ENE-WSW trending blind thrust faults that offset the Triassic basement and cause active folding of the Upper Miocene-Quaternary sedimentary cover. The main active structures of this fault zone are two ENE-WSW striking reverse blind faults, the Torremendo and the Bajo Segura Faults, and several secondary NW-SE striking dextral faults (San Miguel de Salinas, Torrevieja and Guardamar Faults). These structures continue offshore to the east. From geological, geomorphological and geodetic data, we obtain fault slip rates between 0.2 and 0.4 mm/yr, whereas other authors have proposed higher values ranging between 0.75 and 1 mm/yr. The fault zone can generate earthquakes with maximum estimated magnitudes (Mw) from 6.6 to 7.1 and has approximate recurrence intervals between 4.500 and 21.500 years.},
	keywords = {Active blind thrust, Bajo segura fault, Eastern betic shear zone, Palaeoseismology, Slip rate},
	issn = {1886-7995},
	doi = {10.5209/rev\_JIGE.2012.v38.n1.39217},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84861777780\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Alfaro, P. and Bartolom{\'e}, R and Borque, M.J. and Est{\'e}vez, A. and Garc{\'\i}a-Mayordomo, J. and Garc{\'\i}a-Tortosa, F.J. and Gil, A.J. and Gr{\`a}cia, E. and Lo Iacono, C. and Perea, H.}
}
@inbook {TMadurell;C.Orejas;S.Requena;A.Gori;A.Purroy;C.LoIacono;A.Sabates;C.Dominguez;JM.Gili2012,
	title = {{The benthic communities of the Cap de Creus Canyon}},
	booktitle = {Mediterranean submarine canyons: ecology and governance},
	year = {2012},
	pages = {123{\textendash}132},
	isbn = {978-2-8317-1469-1},
	doi = {2831714699},
	url = {http://books.google.com/books?hl=es\&lr=\&id=7oanUOft4cwC\&pgis=1},
	author = {T Madurell and Orejas, C. and Requena, S. and Gori, A. and Purroy, A. and Iacono, C. Lo and Sabates, A. and Dominguez, C. and Gili, JM.}
}
@article {Barckhausen2008,
	title = {{Birth of an intraoceanic spreading center}},
	journal = {Geology},
	volume = {36},
	number = {10},
	year = {2008},
	pages = {767},
	abstract = {The Cocos-Nazca spreading center is one of the few examples of the formation of a spreading center by splitting of oceanic lithosphere. It was created when the Farallon plate, broke up in the early Miocene following the collision of the Pacific-Farallon spreading center with the North American continent. Much of the ancient Farallon plate corresponding to the area of opening is lost to subduction beneath Central America and South America, but new data from the conjugate area on the Pacific plate allow the first detailed reconstruction of the break-up process. The opening began after chron 7 (25 Ma) at a location of focused crustal extension caused by overlapping spreading centers that had evolved in response to a slight reorientation of a Pacific-Farallon ridge segment. Beginning at chron 6B (22.7 Ma), eastward progressing seafloor spreading started along an axis that most likely migrated toward the region of weak lithosphere created by the Galapagos hotspot. By chron 6 (19.5 Ma), plate splitting from the spreading center to the trench was complete, allowing the fully detached Cocos and Nazca plates to move independently. This kinematic change resulted in a significant ridge jump of the newly established Pacific-Nazca spreading center, a change in plate motion direction of the Nazca plate by 20{\textdegree}clockwise, and a large increase in Pacific-Cocos plate velocity in the middle Miocene. {\textcopyright} 2008 The Geological Society of America.},
	keywords = {Central Pacific, Farallon breakup, Galapagos hotspot, Magnetic anomalies},
	issn = {0091-7613},
	doi = {10.1130/G25056A.1},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-54949104690\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Barckhausen, Udo and Ranero, Cesar R. and Cande, Steven C. and Engels, Martin and Weinrebe, Wilhelm}
}
