Fig. 6.3 Physiography of the Alboran Sea. (a) Map showing the shelf, slope, base of slope
provinces on the Iberian and African continental margins, the basins (AT Alboran Trough; EAB
Eastern Alboran Basin; WAB Western Alboran Basin; YB Yusuf Basin), the intraslope basins (AV
Al-Hoceima Valley; HB Habibas Basin; MB Motril Basin; PB Pytheas Basin; SAB Southern
Alboran Basin) and plateaus (MtP Motril Plateau; MyP Moulouya Plateau). Modified from Juan
et al. (2016); and (b) bathymetric map showing submarine canyon (in blue) and gully (in green)
systems, as well as the structural highs dotting the margins and basins. Legend: AB Alidade Bank;
AG Algarrobo Bank; ALR Alboran Ridge; AM Al-Mansour High; AR Adra Ridge; CB Câbliers
Bank; CF Catifas Bank; CH Chella Bank; DJ Djibouti Bank; GS Cabo de Gata Spur; HB Herradura
Bank; HE Habibas Escarpment; HS Herradura Spur; IB Ibn-Batouta Bank; MC Maria del Carmen
High; MS Maimonides Seamount; MR Maimonides Ridge; PL Pollux Bank; PV Provençaux Bank;
RT Ras Tarf Ridge; SB El Sabinar Banks; SG Segoviano High; TB Tofiño Bank; TF Tres Forcas
Cape Ridge; XB Xauen Bank; YL Yusuf Lineament; YR Yusuf Ridge
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