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| Deloffre, J; Verney, Romaric; Lafite, R; Lesueur, P; Lesourd, S; Cundy, A. |
| The objective of this study is to propose an original approach to the analysis of the formation of intertidal rhythmites, their preservation, and the evaluation of sedimentation rates on estuarine mudflats. Three mudflats, one from each of three estuaries, were analysed using a combination of long-term (>a year), high-frequency (1 burst/10 or 20 min), and high-resolution (0.2 cm) altimeter datasets and X-ray images of sediment cores collected during topographic surveys. The results highlight the roles played by sediment supply, hydrodynamics, and morphology of the lower estuaries on the sedimentation rhythms. While the sediment-starved Medway estuary (Kent, UK) remains stable at different time-scales, the annual sedimentation rates on the sheltered... |
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Palavras-chave: Macrotidal estuary; X ray imagery; Altimeter; Rhythmites; Mud; Morphology. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-3517.pdf |
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| Fuentes-cid, A.; Chauvet, E.; Etcheber, H.; De-oliveira, E.; Sottolichio, Aldo; Schmidt, S.. |
| The rates of decomposition of oak (Quercus robur) leaves have been examined using litter bags in a very high turbidity macrotidal estuary, the Gironde Estuary (S.W. France). The first experiments show a marked decrease in the decomposition rate of oak leaves at the water-sediment interface (mud-contact: anoxic conditions, reduced physical fragmentation) in comparison to the water column. The results point out the impact of hydrodynamic conditions on leaf litter degradation in such fluvio-estuarine systems. Regarding the aquatic-terrestrial linkage, our observations suggest direct changes in leaf decomposition kinetics and then, a potential delay on the recycling and transport processes of coarse particulate organic matter, especially in a context of... |
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Palavras-chave: Decomposition kinetics; Coarse particulate organic matter; Macrotidal estuary. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00470/58187/60703.pdf |
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| Durand, M.; Mojtahid, M.; Maillet, G. M.; Proust, J. -n.; Lehay, D.; Ehrhold, Axel; Barre, A.; Howa, H.. |
| We used sedimentological and foraminiferal characteristics of four sedimentary cores, supported by paleogeographical and historical data, to reconstruct the depositional history of the inner Loire estuary (Near Saint-Nazaire, France) and the response of benthic foraminifera to the mid- to late-Holocene marine flooding of the incised valley. These were further used to evaluate the consequent changes in estuarine morphological and hydro-sedimentary patterns during this time period. Our results described significant changes in hydro-sedimentary dynamics over the past ~ 6 kyrs BP. At our location, these changes expressed the combined influence of marine (e.g., tide, storm waves) and fluvial dynamics (e.g., floods), which are linked, on a broader scale, to... |
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Palavras-chave: Macrotidal estuary; Mid-latitude estuary; Holocene paleoenvironment; Estuarine facies; Benthic foraminifera; Sea-level change. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00347/45849/45511.pdf |
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