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| Gay, Aurelien; Lopez, M; Ondreas, Helene; Charlou, Jean-luc; Sermondadaz, G; Cochonat, Pierre. |
| The origin of the cold fluid venting from a Giant Pockmark within the Lower Congo Basin has been elucidated based upon results of precise mapping, submersible dives, gravity coring and isotopic analyses realized under a TOTAL-IFREMER cooperative project (ZAIANGO and BIOZAIRE projects). During four dives of the IFREMER ROV-Victor 6000, the bottom was filmed, hard and soft samples were lifted from the sediment, and water samples were collected with a CTD-rosette system. The detailed dip map shows that the 800 in wide Giant Pockmark is a composite feature due to the coalescence of multiple 100 in wide depressions that displays a broad range of biological, mineralogical and chemical features on the seafloor, leading to a seafloor anomaly recorded on the... |
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Palavras-chave: BIOZAIRE; ZAIANGO; Palaeochannel; Hydrates; Chemosynthesis; Seafloor facies; Fluid migration; Pockmark. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-1114.pdf |
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| Gay, A; Lopez, M; Cochonat, Pierre; Levache, D; Sermondadaz, G; Seranne, M. |
| Using high quality 3D seismic data within the Lower Congo Basin (LCB), we have identified pockmarks that are aligned above the sinuous belt of a buried turbiditic palaeo-channel, 1000 m beneath the seafloor. Geochemical analyses on cores (GC traces), taken in the centre of four of these pockmarks along this channel, show no clear evidence for migrated oil. But, some features of the GC traces, including elevated baselines (UCM > 34 mu g/g) and a broad molecular weight range of n-alkanes with little odd-even preference, may be interpreted as indicating the presence of thermogenic hydrocarbons in the cores. Seismic profiles show that these pockmarks developed above two-main features representative of pore fluid escape during early compaction: (1) closely... |
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Palavras-chave: Pipes; Seismic chimneys; Polygonal faults; Fluid migration; Turbiditic channels; Pockmarks. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-1673.pdf |
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| Gay, Aurelien; Lopez, M; Cochonat, Pierre; Sermondadaz, G. |
| A new polygonal fault system has been identified in the Lower Congo Basin. This highly faulted interval (HFI), 700+/-50 m thick, is characterized by small extensional faults displaying a polygonal pattern in plan view. This kind of fracturing is attributed to volumetric contraction of sediments during early stages of compaction at shallow burial depth. 3-D seismic data permitted the visualization of the progressive deformation of furrows during burial, leading to real fractures, visible on seismic sections at about 78 m below seafloor. We propose a new geometrical model for volumetrical contraction of mud-dominated sediments. Compaction starts at the water-sediment interface by horizontal contraction, creating furrows perpendicular to the present day... |
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Palavras-chave: Water sediment interface; Seafloor; Sedimentary basin; Geometrical model; Furrow; Fault system. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2004/publication-1115.pdf |
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| Gay, Aurelien; Lopez, M; Cochonat, Pierre; Seranne, M; Levache, D; Sermondadaz, G. |
| Based on high-resolution 3D seismic data sets, we document the subsurface reservoir architecture and organization of a portion of the Oligocene-Miocene stratigraphy within the Congo Basin, offshore southwestern Africa. Within the 3D seismic volume, we have identified four levels of turbiditic palaeochannels, which are separated by low-amplitude continuous reflectors interpreted as hemipelagic sediments. Geochemical analyses on sediment samples taken within overlying seafloor pockmarks reveal the presence of thermogenic gases and oils, suggesting that deep-seated fluids have migrated through both the channel deposits and the impermeable layers between them, forming a conduit to the surface. Deep thermogenic fluids produced within Cretaceous source rocks are... |
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Palavras-chave: Polygonal faults; BSR; Fluid chimneys; Pipes; Hydrates; Turbiditic palaeochannels; Pockmarks; Fluid migration. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-1111.pdf |
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