Hebbeln, Dierk; Bender, Maren; Gaide, Stefanie; Titschack, Jürgen; Vandorpe, Thomas; Van Rooij, David; Wintersteller, Paul; Wienberg, Claudia (2019): Morphometry of cold-water coral mounds along the northern Moroccan Atlantic margin [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.900470, Supplement to: Hebbeln, D et al. (2019): Thousands of cold-water coral mounds along the Moroccan Atlantic continental margin: Distribution and morphometry. Marine Geology, 411, 51-61, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2019.02.001
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Abstract:
Coral mounds formed by framework-forming cold-water corals pierce the seabed along most continental margins of the Atlantic Ocean and new sites are continuously being discovered. Here, we describe an extremely high accumulation of coral mounds at the NW Moroccan Atlantic margin between 35°N and 35.5°N. Within an area of only 1,440 km2, 3,464 mounds were found exposed at the seabed. This dataset includes position and morphometry of these coral mounds located between~500 m and 1000 m water depth.
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Coverage:
Median Latitude: 35.214192 * Median Longitude: -6.964921 * South-bound Latitude: 34.985710 * West-bound Longitude: -7.239760 * North-bound Latitude: 35.402040 * East-bound Longitude: -6.766500
Minimum DEPTH, water: 566 m * Maximum DEPTH, water: 1155 m
Event(s):
MSM36-track * Latitude Start: 36.720000 * Longitude Start: -4.420300 * Latitude End: 28.099700 * Longitude End: -15.413400 * Campaign: MSM36 * Basis: Maria S. Merian * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT)
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Identification | ID | Hebbeln, Dierk | Object ID | ||
| 2 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Hebbeln, Dierk | Geocode | ||
| 3 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Hebbeln, Dierk | Geocode | ||
| 4 | UTM Northing, Universal Transverse Mercator | UTM north | m | Hebbeln, Dierk | ||
| 5 | UTM Easting, Universal Transverse Mercator | UTM east | m | Hebbeln, Dierk | ||
| 6 | UTM Zone, Universal Transverse Mercator | UTM Zone | Hebbeln, Dierk | |||
| 7 | DEPTH, water | Depth water | m | Hebbeln, Dierk | Geocode | |
| 8 | Length | l | m | Hebbeln, Dierk | of the individual coral mounds | |
| 9 | Width | w | m | Hebbeln, Dierk | of the individual coral mounds | |
| 10 | Area | Area | m2 | Hebbeln, Dierk | basal area: are of the coral mounds assuming an ellipsoidal shape | |
| 11 | Direction | Direction | deg | Hebbeln, Dierk | direction of length axis |
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