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| Miramontes, Elda; Sultan, Nabil; Garziglia, Sebastien; Jouet, Gwenael; Pelleter, Ewan; Cattaneo, Antonio. |
| One of the main concerns regarding the development of submarine landslides is the role played by weak layers in the failure process and, in particular, their impact in terms of volume, shape, and evolution of mass movements. In the present study we identified a weak layer in the eastern margin of the Corsica Trough (northern Tyrrhenian Sea) that formed the basal failure surface of the Pianosa Slump at 42–50 ka. This layer is characterized by high water content, high plasticity, high compressibility, and post-peak strain softening behavior (i.e., strength loss with increasing strain). These specific mechanical and sedimentological properties seem to be related to the presence of analcime zeolites with a concentration of 2–4% in the muddy sediment. Zeolites... |
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| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00444/55565/57176.pdf |
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| Cheron, Sandrine; Etoubleau, Joel; Bayon, Germain; Garziglia, Sebastien; Boissier, Audrey. |
| The aim of this study is to investigate the information provided by sulfur count rates obtained by X-ray fluorescence core scanner (XRF-CS) along sedimentary records. The analysis of two marine sediment cores from the Niger Delta margin shows that XRF-CS sulfur count rates obtained at the surface of split core sections with XRF-CS correlate with both direct quantitative pyrite concentrations, as inferred from X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and sulfur determination by wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence (WD-XRF) spectrometry, and total dissolved sulfide (TDS) contents in the sediment pore water. These findings demonstrate the potential of XRF-CS for providing continuous profiles of pyrite distribution along split sections of sediment cores. The... |
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| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00346/45731/45376.pdf |
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| Wei, Jiangong; Pape, Thomas; Sultan, Nabil; Colliat, Jean-louis; Himmler, Tobias; Ruffine, Livio; De Prunele, Alexis; Dennielou, Bernard; Garziglia, Sebastien; Marsset, Tania; Peters, Carl A.; Rabiu, Abdulkarim; Bohrmann, Gerhard. |
| A joint research expedition between the French IFREMER and the German MARUM was conducted in 2011 using the R/V Pourquoi pas? to study gas hydrate distributions in a pockmark field (1141 – 1199 meters below sea surface) at the continental margin of Nigeria. The sea floor drill rig MeBo of MARUM was used to recover sediments as deep as 56.74 meters below seafloor. The presence of gas hydrates in specific core sections was deduced from temperature anomalies recorded during continuous records of infrared thermal scanning and anomalies in pore water chloride concentrations. In situ sediment temperature measurements showed elevated geothermal gradients of up to 258 °C/km in the center of the so-called pockmark A which is up to 4.6 times higher than that in the... |
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Palavras-chave: Gas hydrate; Pockmark; Chloride profile; Infrared thermal imaging; Fluid flow; Nigerian continental margin; MeBo drill rig. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00213/32382/30846.pdf |
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| Sultan, Nabil; Garziglia, Sebastien; Colliat, Jean-louis. |
| Published laboratory geotechnical data by Masui and co-authors showed that increase in gas hydrates content tend to increase the peak shear strength and stimulate strain softening of the host sediment. Therefore, development of shear strains may lead to an important degradation of the shear strength (strain softening). In the present work, the strain softening of gas hydrate-bearing sediments was implemented in a 3D slope stability model (SAMU-3D). This was done by adding to the classical limit analysis method a shear strain field compatibility equivalent to the velocity field compatibility. Examples of slope failures related to strain softening behavior documented in the literature were used to test the model formulation. The developed model was then used... |
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| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00035/14625/11903.pdf |
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| Sultan, Nabil; Garziglia, Sebastien. |
| In this work and in order to consider theoretically the effect of gas hydrates on the mechanical properties of their host sediments, hydrate fraction was introduced as a state variable in the framework of a Critical State model. For the proposed model, the process of de-structuration and softening of natural clay was considered as a proxy for the gas-hydrate-bearing-sediments behaviour. The developed constitutive model seemed to reproduce the main key behaviours of gas-hydrate-bearing sands observed by Masui and co-authors: i) the elastic properties (Young Modulus, shear modulus) and the strength of the sediment-hydrate medium increase with the hydrate fraction ii) the mechanical softening of the gas-hydrate bearing sediment is amplified with the hydrate... |
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| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00035/14626/11904.pdf |
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| Taleb, Farah; Garziglia, Sebastien; Sultan, Nabil. |
| The hydro‐mechanical properties of gas hydrate‐bearing sediment are key in assessing offshore geo‐hazards and the resource potential of gas hydrates. For sandy materials, such properties were proved highly dependent on hydrate content (Sh) as well as on their distribution and morphology. Owing to difficulties in testing gas hydrate‐bearing clayey sediments, the impact of hydrates on the behaviour of such materials remains poorly understood. Hence, to provide insight into the characterisation of clayey sediments containing hydrate, this study relies on a unique database of in‐situ acoustic, piezocone and pore‐pressure dissipation measurements collected in a high gas flux system offshore Nigeria. Compressional wave velocity measurements were used as means of... |
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| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00466/57746/59974.pdf |
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| Garziglia, Sebastien; Sultan, Nabil; Cattaneo, Antonio; Ker, Stephan; Marsset, Bruno; Riboulot, Vincent; Voisset, Michel; Adamy, J.; Unterseh,. |
| In a site investigation of the eastern part of the offshore Niger delta, cone penetration tests (CPTU) showed significant drops in tip resistance, associated with decreases in sleeve friction and induced excess pore pressures at the interface between superficial sediments and the underlying deposits of a mass-transport complex (MTC) called NG1. Such signature characteristics of weakened zones are clearly expressed at three sites where the drop in tip resistance reaches more than 40% over 2-3 m-thick intervals. Correlations between CPTU profiles and both 3D and ultrahigh-resolution 2D seismic data suggest that the weakened zones surround syndepositional the within the frontal part of NG1. Hence, weakening appears associated with the remobilization of thrust... |
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Palavras-chave: Cone penetration tests; Shear zone; 3D seismic data; Ultrahigh-resolution 2D seismic; Mass-transport complex; Slope stability. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00105/21662/19695.pdf |
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| Taleb, Farah; Garziglia, Sebastien; Sultan, Nabil. |
| Increasing needs for energy resources have moved deep offshore developments and research efforts towards regions where high pressure and low temperature conditions allow gas and water to form Gas Hydrates (GH). However, owing to difficulties in sampling and preserving GH under in-situ stability conditions, GH-bearing sediments remain particularly challenging to characterise using conventional laboratory methods. This paper presents the experience gained in the use acoustic and piezocone soundings in characterising gas-hydrate bearing clayey sediments offshore Nigeria. Acoustic measurements of compressional wave velocity are shown to be an expedient means of both detecting and quantifying GH in sediments. Piezocone data and their location in normalised soil... |
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| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00466/57748/60000.pdf |
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| Ballas, Gregory; Garziglia, Sebastien; Sultan, Nabil; Pelleter, Ewan; Toucanne, Samuel; Marsset, Tania; Riboulot, Vincent; Ker, Stephan. |
| The geotechnical properties of clay sediments were investigated using laboratory and in-situ measurements as part of the geohazard assessment in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea affected by landslides and seafloor deformation features. The sediments were characterized as predominantly high plastic silty clay of high compressibility, low undrained shear strength, low cohesion and moderate sensitivity. A shallow increase in shear strength exceeding the general trend could have been reconciled with evidence for the precipitation of iron sulfides and calcium carbonates related to early diagenetic reactions of sulfate reduction (e.g. cryptic sulfur cycle) and anaerobic oxidation of methane. Comparison of the compression behaviour of natural and... |
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Palavras-chave: Lacustrine clay sediment; Structured material; Sulfur cement; Carbonate cement; Early diagenesis; Weak layer. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00439/55064/56545.pdf |
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| Badhani, Shray; Cattaneo, Antonio; Collico, Stefano; Urgeles, Roger; Dennielou, Bernard; Leroux, Estelle; Colin, Florent; Garziglia, Sebastien; Rabineau, Marina; Droz, Laurence. |
| The Gulf of Lions presents recurring mass-transport deposits (MTDs) within the Plio-Quaternary sediments suggesting a long history of mass movements. The two large, surficial MTDs are located on the eastern and western levee of the Rhone canyon over an area exceeding 6000 km2 and volumes exceeding 100 km3. Both MTDs were emplaced 21 ka ago (peak of the Last Glacial Maximum), suggesting a common trigger. Here, we present a multidisciplinary high-resolution geophysical, sedimentological and in-situ geotechnical study of the source and deposit areas of both MTDs to characterise distinct expressions of sediment deformation as well as their spatial and chronological distributions. We show the internal structure of mass movements and resulting MTDs with... |
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| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00611/72289/71122.pdf |
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| Riboulot, Vincent; Cattaneo, Antonio; Scalabrin, Carla; Gaillot, Arnaud; Jouet, Gwenael; Ballas, Gregory; Marsset, Tania; Garziglia, Sebastien; Ker, Stephan. |
| The Romanian sector of the Black Sea deserves attention because the Danube deep-sea fan is one of the largest sediment depositional systems worldwide and is considered the world's most isolated sea, the largest anoxic water body on the planet and a unique energy-rich sea. Due to the high sediment accumulation rate, presence of organic matter and anoxic conditions, the Black sea sediments offshore the Danube delta is rich in gas and thus shows Bottom Simulating Reflectors (BSR). The cartography of the BSR over the last 20 years, exhibits its widespread occurrence, indicative of extensive development of hydrate accumulations and a huge gas hydrate potential. By combining old and new datasets acquired in 2015 during the GHASS expedition, we performed a... |
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Palavras-chave: Hydrates de gaz; Gaz libre; Panaches de gaz; BSR; Mer Noire; Géomorphologie; Gas hydrates; Free gas; Gas flares; BSR; Black Sea; Geomorphology. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00407/51860/53914.pdf |
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| Sultan, Nabil; Garziglia, Sebastien. |
| Multi-phase fluid conditions encountered in geotechnical and geo-environmental problems have led to the development of models that account for the influence of gas solubility and compressibility on the behaviour of soils of various grain sizes. Yet, no consideration has been given to damages related to the nucleation and growth of gas bubbles in fine-grained soils. The purpose of this paper is to present a Cam Clay based constitutive model extended to incorporate such detrimental effects on gassy soils. This is achieved by deriving an analytical expression relating the preconsolidation pressure to a damage parameter dependent on the gas content. That expression is coupled to a deviatoric yield surface accounting for inherent and stress-induced anisotropy.... |
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Palavras-chave: Compressibility; Constitutive relations; Offshore engineering; Shear strength. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00245/35621/34133.pdf |
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| Garziglia, Sebastien. |
| The present report aims at providing details about the overall approach, tool and processing techniques deployed to determine geo-mechanical properties of gas hydrate-bearing sediments. It focusses on two piezocone soundings carried out in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea during the GHASS cruise (September 2015). One of them was selected as core sampling at the same site provided ground truth for the presence of gas hydrates in clay sediments. The other sounding was selected to serve as a reference for comparing geo-mechanical properties of sediments with and without gas hydrates. Two distinct classifications were used to identify the behaviour type of sediments during piezocone penetration. Each of them pointed out that, at the reference site,... |
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| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00376/48692/49024.pdf |
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| Sultan, Nabil; Garziglia, Sebastien; Ruffine, Livio. |
| Over the past years, several studies have raised concerns about the possible interactions between methane hydrate decomposition and external change. To carry out such an investigation, it is essential to characterize the baseline dynamics of gas hydrate systems related to natural geological and sedimentary processes. This is usually treated through the analysis of sulfate-reduction coupled to anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM). Here, we model sulfate reduction coupled with AOM as a two-dimensional (2D) problem including, advective and diffusive transport. This is applied to a case study from a deep-water site off Nigeria’s coast where lateral methane advection through turbidite layers was suspected. We show by analyzing the acquired data in combination... |
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| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00339/45068/44493.pdf |
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| Sultan, Nabil; Bohrmann, G.; Ruffine, Livio; Pape, T.; Riboulot, Vincent; Colliat, J. -l.; De Prunele, Alexis; Dennielou, Bernard; Garziglia, Sebastien; Himmler, Tobias; Marsset, Tania; Peters, C. A.; Rabiu, A.; Wei, J.. |
| In previous works, it has been suggested that dissolution of gas hydrate can be responsible for pockmark formation and evolution in deep water Nigeria. It was shown that those pockmarks which are at different stages of maturation are characterized by a common internal architecture associated to gas hydrate dynamics. New results obtained by drilling into gas hydrate-bearing sediments with the MeBo seafloor drill rig in concert with geotechnical in situ measurements and pore water analyses indicate that pockmark formation and evolution in the study area are mainly controlled by rapid hydrate growth opposed to slow hydrate dissolution. On one hand, positive temperature anomalies, free gas trapped in shallow microfractures near the seafloor and coexistence of... |
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| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00188/29913/28373.pdf |
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| Vanneste, Maarten; Sultan, Nabil; Garziglia, Sebastien; Forsberg, Carl Fredrik; L'Heureux, Jean-sebastien. |
| In this paper, we present the current practice of investigations of seafloor instabilities and deformation processes, based on extensive research conducted over the last years, which sets the scene for future research activities in this field. The mapping of the continental margins and coastal areas with ever increasing resolution systematically reveals evidence of instabilities and deformation processes, both active and palaeo-features. In order to properly assess the hazards and risks related to these features, an integrated and multi-disciplinary approach is essential, but challenging. Such an approach consists of combining field data (geophysics, geology, sedimentology, geochemistry and geotechnical data) with numerical simulations constrained by... |
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Palavras-chave: Marine geotechnics; Slope stability; Sediment failures; Fluid flow; Shear strength; Marine geophysics; Monitoring; Excess pore pressure; Site investigations. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00173/28378/26692.pdf |
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| Riboulot, Vincent; Cattaneo, Antonio; Sultan, Nabil; Garziglia, Sebastien; Ker, Stephan; Imbert, Patrice; Voisset, Michel. |
| A series of pockmarks observed at the seabed matches well the perimeter of a large submarine landslide, called NG1, located on the outer shelf and continental slope of the Eastern Gulf of Guinea. NG1 extends over 200 km2, is covered by a 120-m thick sedimentary layer which tapers downslope, and has an internal structure clearly identified in 3D seismic data consisting of three adjacent units on the upper continental slope. The pockmarks above NG1 have a diameter of several tens of meters and reveal distinct origins: (1) linked to >500 m deep fluid reservoirs, (2) rooted in NG1 internal discontinuities between NG1 units, and (3) well above NG1, superficially rooted in a regional conformity (D40), which marks the lowest sea level of the Marine Isotope... |
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Palavras-chave: Pockmarks; Fluid seepage; Submarine landslide; Sea-level changes; Piezocone; Niger Delta. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00159/27031/31906.pdf |
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| Pape, Thomas; Ruffine, Livio; Hong, Wei‐li; Sultan, Nabil; Riboulot, Vincent; Peters, Carl A.; Kölling, Martin; Zabel, Matthias; Garziglia, Sebastien; Bohrmann, Gerhard. |
| The evolution of submarine pockmarks is often related to the ascent of fluid from the subsurface. For pockmarks located within the gas hydrate stability zone, methane oversaturation can result in the formation of gas hydrates in the sediment. A ca. 600 m‐wide sea floor depression in deep‐waters offshore Nigeria, Pockmark A, was investigated for distributions and quantities of shallow gas hydrates, origins of hydrocarbons and time elapsed since the last major fluid ascent event. For the first time, pressure coring of shallow sediments and drilling of more than 50‐m‐long cores with the sea floor drill rig MARUM‐MeBo70 were conducted in this pockmark. Unusually high hydrate saturations of up to 51% of pore volume in the uppermost 2.5 meters of sediment in the... |
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Palavras-chave: Pockmark; Gas hydrate; Methane; MeBo; Pressure coring; Pore water modeling. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00643/75491/76344.pdf |
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