Oligocene to Recent Processes on the Agadir Continental Margin and Basin (Central Eastern Atlantic)

Abstract

The Atlantic continental margin off NW Africa connects with the Agadir Basin at 4275 m water depth (Fig. 1),The largest downslope feature in the Agadir continental margin and basin is the Agadir turbidite system (Oligocene to Recent in age) (Ercilla et al. 1998). This system is part of the submarine drainage system linking back to the Atlas mountains through the Agadir Canyon (400 km long) and Channel (75 km long) (Fig. 1). This work is based on the interpretation of high-resolution seismic records (airgun profiles) and ultra-high resolution seismic profiles (TOPAS, TOpographic PArametric Sonar).Fig. 1.Location map of the study area on the Agadir continental margin and basin showing the recent architectural elements of the Agadir turbidite system and also the seamounts, sediments waves and contourite deposits