@article{fdi:010074372,
  title = {{A} honeycomb seafloor morphology in carbonate sediment of the {C}arnegie {R}idge (offshore {E}cuador) : formation and potential geodynamic significance},
  author = {{M}ichaud, {F}. and {C}ollot, {J}ean-{Y}ves and {R}atzov, {G}. and {P}roust, {J}. {N}. and {D}eno, {A}. and {L}ebrun, {J}. {F}. and {H}ernandez, {M}. {J}. and {L}oayza, {G}. and {K}haoulani, {A}. and {S}toll, {Y}. and {P}ouderoux, {H}. and {D}e {M}in, {L}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}ased on swath bathymetry, two-dimensional, high-resolution seismic reflection profiles, and {O}cean {D}rilling {P}rogram/{D}eep {S}ea {D}rilling {P}roject ({ODP}/{DSDP}) data, we describe a seafloor honeycomb pattern and propose a model for its formation in {P}liocene-{M}iocene carbonate deposited on the uneven oceanic basement of the {C}arnegie {R}idge (offshore {E}cuador). {H}ydrothermal fluids derived from the basement aquifer fractured and dissolved carbonate sediment, creating seafloor pits above basements highs. {F}luids expelled along polygonal faults may have assisted the nucleation of seafloor depressions. {A}t the {P}liocene-{P}leistocene boundary, strong bottom currents scoured previously damaged sediments, enlarging the initial depressions and producing the seafloor honeycomb pattern. {T}his regional erosive episode was contemporaneous with the final closing of the {I}sthmus of {P}anama and the clogging of the {E}cuador {T}rench by the subduction of the {C}arnegie {R}idge, so that the honeycomb pattern may be viewed as a regional marker of these two geodynamic events.},
  keywords = {{EQUATEUR} ; {PACIFIQUE} {EST}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{G}eology},
  volume = {46},
  numero = {11},
  pages = {979--982},
  ISSN = {0091-7613},
  year = {2018},
  DOI = {10.1130/g45285.1},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010074372},
}