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| Miramontes Garcia, Elda; Garreau, Pierre; Caillaud, Matthieu; Jouet, Gwenael; Pellen, Romain; Hernández-molina, F. Javier; Clare, Michael A.; Cattaneo, Antonio. |
| Contourites are common morphological features along continental margins where currents encounter the seafloor. They can provide long-term archives of palaeoceanography, may be prone to sediment instability, and can have a great potential for hydrocarbon exploration. Despite their importance and increasingly recognised ubiquitous occurrence worldwide, the link between oceanographic processes and contourite features is poorly constrained. In particular, it is unclear under which specific conditions sediments are mobilised, modified and deposited by bottom currents. Here, we aim to determine key bottom current characteristics (velocity and bottom shear stress) affecting contourite deposition, by assuming that recent oceanographic regimes may be extended back... |
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Palavras-chave: Sediment drift; Erosion; Oceanic circulation; Bottom shear stress. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00483/59426/62241.pdf |
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| Fierens, Ruth; Droz, Laurence; Toucanne, Samuel; Raisson, François; Jouet, Gwenael; Babonneau, Nathalie; Miramontes Garcia, Elda; Landurain, Steven; Jorry, Stephan. |
| The morphology and present-day sediment distribution of the Zambezi turbidite system was investigated using new bathymetric and sub-bottom profiler data as part of the PAMELA research project. The Zambezi turbidite system is composed of two depositional systems: a channelized fan (the Zambezi Fan) and a semi-confined fan (in the lntermediate Basin). The Zambezi Fan includes the Zambezi Valley, which is deeply incised in the Mozambique Channel and is more than three times as large and deep as the great Tanzanian and North Atlantic Mid-Ocean channels. The erosion in the Zambezi Valley is evidenced by its V-shaped morphology and the existence of a U-shaped thalweg affected by several generations of incisions. Based on echo facies and cores from literature,... |
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Palavras-chave: Zambezi turbidite system; Late Quaternary; Multibeam bathymetry; Sub-bottom seismic profiles. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00483/59425/62240.pdf |
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| Miramontes Garcia, Elda; Cattaneo, Antonio; Jouet, Gwenael; Thereau, Estelle; Thomas, Yannick; Rovere, Mickael; Cauquil, E.; Trincardi, F.. |
| The Pianosa Contourite Depositional System (CDS) is located in the Corsica Trough (Northern Tyrrhenian Sea), a confined basin dominated by mass transport and contour currents in the eastern flank and by turbidity currents in the western flank. The morphologic and stratigraphic characterisation of the Pianosa CDS is based on multibeam bathymetry, seismic reflection data (multi-channel high resolution mini GI gun, single-channel sparker and CHIRP), sediment cores and ADCP data. The Pianosa CDS is located at shallow to intermediate water depths (170 to 850 m water depth) and is formed under the influence of the Levantine Intermediate Water (LIW). It is 120 km long, has a maximum width of 10 km and is composed of different types of muddy sediment drifts:... |
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Palavras-chave: Sediment drift; Bottom current; Levantine Intermediate Water; Modified Atlantic Water; Mediterranean Sea; Sea level. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00292/40330/38834.pdf |
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| Miramontes Garcia, Elda; Jouet, Gwenael; Cattaneo, Antonio; Thereau, Estelle; Guerin, Charline; Jorry, Stephan; Droz, Laurence. |
| The upper slopes of continental margins are very energetic areas where nepheloid layers are often observed. Multibeam bathymetry, sub-bottom profiler and multi-channel highresolution seismic reflection data acquired during the PAMELA-MOZ04 survey in the Mozambique Channel revealed the presence of sand dunes on the upper slope at 120-250 m water depth. The dunes migrate upslope and their crests are oblique to the contours. They are medium to large dunes, with wavelengths between 20 and 150 m and heights between 0.15 and 1.50 m, and their size decreases upslope. Seismic reflection data of the water column show internal solitary waves travelling offshore in the depth range of the dune field. The formation of the dune field could be related to the interaction... |
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| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00499/61049/64460.pdf |
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