47. The Ocean/continent Transition beneath the Iberia Abyssal Plain and Continental-rifting to Seafloor-spreading Processes

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND

DRILLING OBJECTIVES

DRILLING RESULTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO INVESTIGATIONS OF THE ORIGIN OF THE OCEAN/CONTINENT TRANSITION

Site 897

Site 899

Tectonic Implications of Site 897 and Site 899 Mass-flow and Debris-flow Deposits

Site 900

Site 901

HYPOTHESES FOR THE ORIGIN OF THE OCEAN/CONTINENT TRANSITION IN THE SOUTHERN IBERIA ABYSSAL PLAIN

DISCUSSION

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

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