Le banc de Gorringe : résultats de la campagne Cyagor (août 1977)

Gorringe bank is one of the structures which are found on the Europe-Africa plate boundary. It is located between Tagus abyssal plain in the North and Horseshoe plain in the South. It is oriented NE-SW and is in the exact prolongation of the large "tardi-hercynien" fractures which cross the iberian peninsula and its continental margin. Gorringe bank show two summits just under the sea levels, separated by a saddle. [NOT CONTROLLED OCR]