Atlas of Bedforms in the Western Mediterranean

Part I. Bedform Analysis and Main Physical Processes

1. Bedform Mapping: Multibeam Data Processing, Metadata and Spatial Data Services
S. Diez, J. Sorribas

2. Methods for Analysing Bedform Geometry and Dynamics
Thaiënne A. G. P. Dijk, Roderik C. Lindenbergh

3. Principles of Physical Modelling of Bedforms Under Waves and Currents
G. Simarro, Á. Galán

4. Modelling Bedforms on the Continental Shelf
Daniel Calvete

5. Internal Waves and Bedforms
Hans Haren

6. Turbidity Current Bedforms
Matthieu J. B. Cartigny, George Postma

7. Dense Shelf Water Cascading and Associated Bedforms
Pere Puig

8. Currents in the Western Mediterranean Basin
E. García-Ladona

Part II. Bedforms in the Coastal Zone

9. Bedforms as Self-organized Patterns
Giovanni Coco

10. Beach Cusps
Giovanni Coco

11. Km-Scale Shoreline Sand Waves
Albert Falqués, Francesca Ribas

12. KM-Scale Shoreline Sand Waves In The Western Mediterranean Sea
Albert Falqués, Francesca Ribas

13. Nearshore Sand Bars
Francesca Ribas, Albert Falqués, Roland Garnier

14. Nearshore Sand Bars on Western Mediterranean Beaches
Francesca Ribas, Albert Falqués, Roland Garnier

15. Contemporary Subaqueous Dune Field Development Over an Abandoned River Mouth (Ebro Delta)
Q. Guerrero, J. Guillén, R. Durán, R. Urgeles

16. Bedforms on the Lowermost Reach of the Tiber River (Rome, Italy): Preliminary Results from Integrated Geophysical Surveys and Samplings
Alessandro Bosman, Luciana Orlando

Part III. Bedforms in Prodeltas and Sorted Bedforms

17. Holocene Muddy Bedforms on the Llobregat River Prodelta Wedge
Roger Urgeles, Ben Mol, Marc Batist, John E. Hughes-Clarke

18. Prodeltaic Undulations and Hyperpycnal Flows (I): Morphological Observations
Patricia Bárcenas, Francisco José Lobo, Luis Miguel Fernández-Salas, Miguel Ortega-Sánchez, Isabel Mendes, Jorge Macías

19. Prodeltaic Undulations and Hyperpycnal Flows (II): Evolutionary Trends
Francisco José Lobo, Patricia Bárcenas, Isabel Mendes, Miguel Ortega-Sánchez, Jorge Macías, Luis Miguel Fernández-Salas

20. Sorted Bedforms Along the Egadi Islands Continental Shelf (Southern Tyrrhenian)
Claudio Lo Iacono, Jorge Guillén

21. Sorted Bedforms Developed on Sandy Deposits Derived from Small Ephemeral Streams (Catalan Continental Shelf)
Ruth Durán, Jorge Guillén, Araceli Muñoz

22. Dynamics of Sorted Bedforms on a Shallow Infralittoral Prograding Wedge Influenced by Dredging (El Masnou, NW Mediterranean)
Ruth Durán, Belén Alonso, Gemma Ercilla, Ferran Estrada, David Casas, Araceli Muñoz

23. Sorted Bedforms Along the Continental Shelf of Western Sardinia
Giovanni Falco, Francesca Budillon, Alessandro Conforti, Gabriella Martino, Sara Innangi, Simone Simeone, Renato Tonielli

Part IV. Bedforms in the Continental Shelf

24. Sedimentary Bedforms in the Menorca Channel Region, Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean)
María Druet, Juan Acosta, Araceli Muñoz, Carmen Barberá, Joan Moranta, José Manuel Jódar, Natalia Martínez-Carreño

25. Dome Dunes on the Inner to Middle Shelf Transition on a Temperate-Water Carbonate Sediment Shelf. Pitiusas Islands
J. Rivera, L. Pomar, N. Hermida, G. Mateu, J. Acosta

26. Trawl Marks and Dredge Spoils as Examples of Seabed Anthropic Alteration on Sediments (Menorca Shelf)
J. Rivera, G. Mateu, N. Hermida, L. Pomar, J. Acosta

27. Sand Ridges on the Mid-Outer Valencia Continental Shelf
G. Simarro, J. Guillén, P. Puig, M. Ribó, C. Lo Iacono, A. Palanques, A. Muñoz, R. Durán, J. Acosta

28. Subaqueous Dune Fields on the Marine Protected Area Around the Cabrera Archipelago (Balearic Islands)
Araceli Muñoz, César Alcalá, Laura Pascual, César León, María Paz Maroto, Juan Acosta

29. Subaqueous Dunes Over Sand Ridges on the Murcia Outer Shelf
R. Durán, J. Guillén, J. Rivera, A. Muñoz, F. J. Lobo, L. M. Fernández-Salas, J. Acosta

Part V. Bedforms and Benthos

30. Bedforms as Benthic Habitats: Living on the Edge, Chaos, Order and Complexity
V. Van Lancker

31. Benthic Communities on Shallow Sedimentary Bottoms in the Western Mediterranean
J. Mas, I. Franco, M. Demestre, J. Guillén, F. J. Murcia, J. M. Ruiz

32. Characterization of Benthic Communities in a Subaqueous Dune Field on the Continental Shelf (Mar Menor, Western Mediterranean)
M. Demestre, A. Muntadas, R. Duran, A. García-de-Vinuesa, P. Sánchez, J. Mas, I. Franco, A. Muñoz, J. Guillén

33. Bio and Anthropogenic Disturbance of Maërl Communities Settled on Subaqueous Dunes on the Mar Menor Continental Shelf (Western Mediterranean)
M. Demestre, A. Muntadas, P. Sanchez, A. Garcia-de-Vinuesa, J. Mas, I. Franco, R. Duran, J. Guillén

Part VI. Beforms in Submarine Canyons

34. Bedforms in the Southern Submarine Canyons of the Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean) Interpreted as Cyclic Steps
Matthieu Cartigny, Claudio Lo Iacono, Roger Urgeles, Maria Druet, Juan Acosta

35. Cyclic Steps at the Head of Channelized Features Along the Calabrian Margin (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy)
Alessandro Bosman, Daniele Casalbore, Rocco Dominici

36. Potential Cyclic Steps in a Gully System of the Gulf of Palermo (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea)
Claudio Lo Iacono, Matthieu Cartigny, Elisabetta Zizzo, Mauro Agate, Attilio Sulli

37. Bedforms Feeding and Bedforms Fed by Canyon Activity Around Punta Alice Promontory (Calabria Ionian Margin, Italy)
D. Ridente, A. Bosman, D. Casalbore, F. L. Chiocci

38. Examples of Sediment Waves in and Around Submarine Canyons of the North Alboran Sea
Araceli Muñoz, Elena Elvira, César León, Juan Acosta, Patricia Jiménez

39. Sediment Waves at the Mouth of the Almanzora-Alías-Garrucha Canyon
Patricia Jiménez, Elena Elvira, Araceli Muñoz, Juan Acosta

Part VII. Slope and Deep Bedforms

40. Large Sediment Waves Over the Gulf of Roses Continental Slope (NW Mediterranean)
Marta Ribó, Ruth Durán, Pere Puig, David Rooij, Jorge Guillén

41. Large-Scale Fine-Grained Sediment Waves Over the Gulf of Valencia Continental Slope (NW Mediterranean)
Marta Ribó, Pere Puig, Araceli Muñóz, C. Lo Iacono, Pere Masqué, Albert Palanques, Juan Acosta, Jorge Guillén, María Gómez Ballesteros

42. Generation of Bedforms by the Mediterranean Outflow Current at the Exit of the Strait of Gibraltar
G. Ercilla, D. Casas, F. J. Hernández-Molina, C. Roque

43. Bedforms on the Distal Valencia Channel and Turbidite System
Albert Palanques

44. Small-Scale Bedforms Generated by Gravity Flows in the Aeolian Islands
D. Casalbore, A. Bosman, C. Romagnoli, F. L. Chiocci

45. Large-Scale Bedforms on Volcaniclastic Aprons Around the Aeolian Islands (Italy)
D. Casalbore, A. Bosman, C. Romagnoli, F. L. Chiocci

46. Deep-Water, Large-Scale Sediment Waves Bounded by the Valencia Channel
Araceli Muñoz, Elena Elvira, Patricia Jiménez, Juan Acosta, Laura Pascual

Keywords: Geography, Geomorphology, Oceanography, Sedimentology, Geophysics/Geodesy