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| Cotillon, P; Coustillas, F; Gaillard, C; Laurin, B; Liu, D-j; Pannetier, W; Rigolot, P; Pascal, A; Pascal, F. |
| Salient geological results from the Biocal cruise are based on 3.5 khz echosondeur profiles. Slopes morphology is controlled by tectonics and erosion/sedimentation balance. From Thio to Lifou, an uniform basin bottom is depressed southwestward by tectonic subsidence and uneven northeastward by a tectonic ridge (the Levi Ridge). Sedimentation is fed by 5 main sources: Great-Land of New-Caledonia, yielding an important terrigenous flux, reefal barriers surrounding it and raised reefs of Loyalty islands, benthic communities dwelling on slopes and in the basins, plankton and volcanoes of New-Hebridean arc. The development of Quaternary reefal barriers around islands of the new-caledonian archipelago has reduced severely the input from emerged lands and... |
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| Ano: 1990 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00268/37902/35983.pdf |
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