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| Savoye, Bruno; Babonneau, Nathalie; Dennielou, Bernard; Bez, Martine. |
| The Congo deep-sea fan is one of the largest fans in the world still affected by presently active turbidity currents. The present activity of deep-sea sedimentary processes is linked to the existence of a direct connection between the Congo River estuary and the Congo canyon head that allows relatively continuous sediment feeding of the deep-sea environment, in spite of a wide continental shelf (150 km). Because of this important activity in terms of sedimentary processes, the deep-sea environment of the Congo-Angola margin presents major interests concerning physical, chemical and biological studies near the seafloor. The main aim of this paper is to present the initial geological context of the BioZaire Program, showing a synthesis of the major results... |
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Palavras-chave: Congo Angola margin; Congo channel; Sedimentary deposits; Turbidite. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/11128/7848.pdf |
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| Dennielou, Bernard; Droz, Laurence; Babonneau, Nathalie; Jacq, Celine; Bonnel, Cedric; Picot, Marie; Le Saout, Morgane; Saout, Yohan; Bez, Martine; Savoye, Bruno; Olu, Karine; Rabouille, Christophe. |
| The detailed structure and composition of turbiditic channel-mouth lobes is still largely unknown because they commonly lie at abyssal water depths, are very thin and are therefore beyond the resolution of hull-mound acoustic tools. The morphology, structure and composition of the Congo turbiditic channel-mouth lobe complex (90×40 km; 2525 km2) were investigated with hull-mounted swath bathymetry, air gun seismics, 3.5 kHz sub-bottom profiler, sediment piston cores and also with high-resolution multibeam bathymetry and video acquired with a Remote Operating Vehicle (ROV). The lobe complex lies 760 km off the Congo River mouth in the Angola abyssal plain between 4740 and 5030 m deep. It is active and is fed by turbidity currents that deposit several... |
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Palavras-chave: Congo deep-sea fan; Lobe; Lobe complex; Channel; Channel-Lobe Transition Zone; Angola basin; Slump; Slide; Debrite; Turbidite; ROV; Bathymetry; Seismic; Sediment core. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00378/48976/49383.pdf |
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