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| Mas, Virginie; Mulder, T.; Dennielou, Bernard; Schmidt, S.; Khripounoff, Alexis; Savoye, Bruno. |
| The Var turbidite system is a small sandy system located in the Ligurian Basin (Mediterranean Sea). It is active during present sea-level highstand and shows four types of sediment transfer processes: (1) low-density turbidity surges generated by small-scale failures (2) low-magnitude, high-frequency (yearly) hyperpycnal turbid plumes, (3) high-magnitude, less-frequent, hyperpycnal currents and (4) high-magnitude flows generated by large slope failures. These processes have different imprints on the morphology of the system. Inversely, the topography plays a role on the behaviour of these flows. The depositional and erosional architecture of the system has been investigated in detail on the basis of SAR imagery and a set of cores using an interface corer... |
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Palavras-chave: Var; France; Gravity processes; Mediterranean; Turbidity current; Hyperpycnal; Flood. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00013/12458/11862.pdf |
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| Mas, Virginie. |
| In the framework of the HERMES European project, this study aims to characterize the sedimentary processes acting in the Var turbiditic system, their impact on the morphology, and their evolution through time and space. This work uses data acquired along the system, including interface cores, acoustic data, and measurement in the water column (temperature, particulate fluxes, speed and direction of the currents) thanks to mooring lines. The Var turbiditic system is under the influences of the Northern Current and of the Var river by a direct connection. Sedimentary processes are related to gravity-driven currents, oceanic currents which remobilizes sediments and hemipelagic decantation. Gravity-driven processes are dominant and are responsible of 80% of... |
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Palavras-chave: Var; Méditerranée; Bassin Ligure; Système turbiditique; Processus gravitaires; Courant de turbidité; Hyperpycnal; Crue; Var; Méditerranée; Ligurian Basin; Turbiditic system; Gravity-driven flows; Turbidity flows; Hyperpycnal; Flood. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00001/11219/7652.pdf |
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