Géologie des Escarpements de Porcupine et de Goban (N.E. Atlantique). Résultats de la campagne de plongée CYAPORC.

The aim of the joint French-British CYAPORC submersible cruise was the exploration and sampling of the Porcupine and Goban Escarpments. A paleozoic mesozoic sedimentary cover has been evidenced abov ea caledonian or older cristalline basement on the Porcupine scarp. On the Goban scarp, the observed outcrops are mainly lower Cretaceous carbonates overlying paleozoic sandstones