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| Pasqual, C.; Sanchez-vidal, A.; Zuniga, D.; Calafat, A.; Canals, M.; Durrieu De Madron, X.; Puig, P.; Heussner, S.; Palanques, A.; Delsaut, N.. |
| Settling particles were collected using sediment traps deployed along three transects in the Lacaze-Duthiers and Cap de Creus canyons and the adjacent southern open slope from October 2005 to October 2006. The settling material was analyzed to obtain total mass fluxes and main constituent contents (organic matter, opal, calcium carbonate, and siliciclastics). Cascades of dense shelf water from the continental shelf edge to the lower continental slope occurred from January to March 2006. They were traced through strong negative near-bottom temperature anomalies and increased current speeds, and generated two intense pulses of mass fluxes in January and March 2006. This oceanographic phenomenon appeared as the major physical forcing of settling particles at... |
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| Ano: 2010 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00289/40004/38602.pdf |
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| Sanchez-vidal, A.; Pasqual, C.; Kerherve, P.; Calafat, A.; Heussner, S.; Palanques, A.; Durrieu De Madron, X.; Canals, M.; Puig, P.. |
| During winter 2005 - 2006, particle fluxes and near-bottom currents were measured in and around the Lacaze-Duthiers and Cap de Creus submarine canyons ( western Gulf of Lion). Current anomalies show the occurrence of a major dense shelf water cascading event down to the slope, the latest recorded up to date in the area. Concomitant increased total mass fluxes highlight the ability of cascading waters to transport large amounts of coarse sediment and organic matter, which is predominantly of terrestrial origin. In addition, results reveal that the current regime and associated grain size sorting is the responsible for a geochemical gradient of settling organic particles along the slope. |
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| Ano: 2008 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00289/40006/38578.pdf |
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