Seismic stratigraphy of the Upper Quaternary deposits on the northeastern slope of the Ceará Rise (Central Atlantic)

Abstract This study is focused on interpretation of ultrahigh-resolution seismoacoustic data from the northeastern slope of the Ceara Rise (Central Atlantic) acquired using the SES 2000 deep parametric narrow-beam subbottom profiler during cruise 35 of RV Akademik Ioffe in 2011. The geologic nature of most of the detected reflectors is constrained by correlation of the results of seismoacoustic profiling with core data collected in frame of the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP site 929A-E). Detailed seismostratigraphic study of the Upper Quaternary deposits in the study area has implications for better understanding of the role of gravity flows and bottom currents in sedimentation on the NE slope of the rise for the past 1.2 Myr.