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Sibuet, Jean-claude; Rangin, C; Le Pichon, X; Singh, S; Cattaneo, Antonio; Graindorge, D; Klingelhoefer, Frauke; Lin, Jing-yi; Malod, Jacques-andre; Maury, Tanguy; Schneider, J; Sultan, Nabil; Umber, Marie; Yamaguchi, H. |
Trench-parallel thrust faults verging both landward and seaward were mapped in the portion of wedge located between northern Sumatra and the Indian-Indonesian boundary. The spatial aftershocks distribution of the 26th December 2004 earthquake shows that the post-seismic motion is partitioned along two thrust faults, the Lower and Median Thrust Faults, the latter being right-laterally offset by a N-S lower plate fracture zone located along the 93.6 degrees N meridian. Between February 2005 and August 2005, the upper plate aftershock activity shifted from southeast of this fracture zone to northwest of it, suggesting that the lower plate left-lateral motion along the fracture zone may have induced a shift of the upper plate post-seismic activity along the... |
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Palavras-chave: Active thrust faults; Co seismic rupture; Aftershocks; 2004 Sumatra Andaman earthquake. |
Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-3508.pdf |
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Leynaud, Didier; Sultan, Nabil. |
Recent geophysical and geotechnical data acquired on the Nice shelf to the east of the 1979 landslide source area, Suggest slow deformations processes which could lead to future catastrophic slope failure. According to these preliminary interpretations, it is of major interest to perform a slope stability evaluation to define the hazard and quantify the danger related to a probable instability on this slope. A probabilistic approach is proposed here using a modified version of the SAMU_3D model, a 3-D slope stability software recently developed by Sultan and others to account for complex geometry. The 3-D analysis is based on the upper bound theorem of plasticity developed by Chen and others. One of the main features of the original model is to allow... |
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Palavras-chave: Probabilistic analysis; Slope stability; Monte Carlo simulation; Shear zone. |
Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00002/11290/7828.pdf |
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Sultan, Nabil; Cattaneo, Antonio; Urgeles, R; Lee, H; Locat, J; Trincardi, F; Berne, Serge; Canals, M; Lafuerza, S. |
This study is among the first to examine the genesis of the seafloor and subsurface undulations on the Adriatic continental shelf by integrating stratigraphic information and in situ and laboratory geotechnical measurements. Interpretation of sediment behavior is based on a 32-m-long borehole crossing ( 1) a possible shear plane and ( 2) a silty clay layer at about 20 m below seafloor (mbsf) on which sediment undulations are rooted and could be interpreted as a potential weak layer succession. Our main results in terms of triggering mechanism for the observed undulations show that under an earthquake, liquefaction and/or failure of the silty-clay sediments ( weak layer) leading to deformation of the upper more cohesive sediments is possible only when such... |
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Palavras-chave: Sediment deformation; Shear strength; Earthquake; Adriatic shelf. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-4105.pdf |
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Urgeles, Roger; Cattaneo, Antonio; Puig, Pere; Liquete, Camino; De Mol, Ben; Amblas, David; Sultan, Nabil; Trincardi, Fabio. |
Most Mediterranean prodeltas show undulated sediment features on the foresets of their Holocene wedges. These features have been described all along the Mediterranean for the last 30 years and interpreted as either soft sediment deformation and incipient landsliding, and more recently, as sediment transport structures. We perform a review and detailed analysis of these undulated sediment features using ultrahigh-resolution seismic and bathymetric data as well as geotechnical information and hydrodynamic time series and hydrographic transects. In this study we show that the characteristics of the sediment undulations (configuration of the reflections down section and between adjacent undulations and overall morphologic characteristics) are incompatible with... |
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Palavras-chave: Undulated sediments; Prodeltas; Slope failure; Sediment waves; Hyperpycnal flows; Internal waves. |
Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00043/15388/12841.pdf |
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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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Sultan, Nabil; Gaudin, Mathieu; Berne, Serge; Canals, Miquel; Urgeles, Roger; Lafuerza, Sara. |
To improve understanding of evolution of submarine canyons, a three-dimensional slope-stability model is applied to Bourcart Canyon in the western Gulf of Lions in the Mediterranean Sea. The model builds on previous work by Chen and others, and it uses the upper bound theorem of plasticity to calculate the factor of safety of a kinematically admissible failing mass. Examples of three-dimensional failure surfaces documented in the literature were used to test the model formulation. Model application to Bourcart Canyon employed the results of a detailed stratigraphic analyses based on data acquired by swath bathymetry, sub-bottom profiling, high-resolution seismic reflection surveys, and piston coring. The sediment layers were also characterized using... |
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Palavras-chave: Cascadia accretionary complex; Upper bound theorem; Stability analysis; Continental slope; Limit equilibrium; Western gulf; Offshore; Margin; Initiation; Sediment. |
Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-2410.pdf |
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Ker, Stephan; Thomas, Yannick; Riboulot, Vincent; Sultan, Nabil; Bernard, Céline; Scalabrin, Carla; Ion, G; Marsset, Bruno. |
A comprehensive characterization of the gas hydrate system offshore the western Black Sea was performed through an integrated analysis of geophysical data. We detected the Bottom Simulating Reflector (BSR), which marks, in this area, the base of gas hydrate stability. The observed BSR depth does not fit the theoretical steady-state base of gas hydrate stability zone (BGHSZ). We show that the disparity between the BSR and predicted BGHSZ is the result of a transient state of the hydrate system due to the ongoing re-equilibrium since the Last Glacial Maximum. When gas hydrates are brought outside the stability zone due to changes in temperature and sea level, their dissociation generates an increase in interstitial pore pressure. This process is favorable to... |
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Palavras-chave: Gas hydrate; BSR; Excess pore pressure; Black Sea. |
Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00474/58531/61081.pdf |
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Bourillet, Jean-francois; Damy, Gilbert; Dussud, Loic; Sultan, Nabil; Woerther, Patrice; Migeon, Sebastien. |
Various observations pointed out that cores performed with gravity piston corer show signifi cant distortions mainly located at the top of the core. A series of 15 cores were performed at the same location on a submarine sand wave (Var canyon, France). Six different settings of the corer – three freefall heights and three slacks of the piston cable – were tested, including duplicates. Two accelerometers recorded simultaneously the movements of the core tube and the movements of the triggering arm. Then the z displacements were obtained by a double integration versus time of the measured acceleration. The analyses of results allowed the authors to estimate the amplitude and the duration of the elastic recoil of the aramid cable, andto distinguish four steps... |
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Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00071/18198/15766.pdf |
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Sultan, Nabil. |
While it is well accepted that gas hydrate dissociation at the base of the Gas Hydrate Stability Zone (GHSZ) can generate high excess pore pressure and leads to sediment deformation, the consequence in terms of pore pressure of the dissolution of the gas hydrate at the top of the Gas Hydrate Occurrence Zone (GHOZ) remains neglected. The purpose of this comment on Xu and Germanovich [2006] article is to demonstrate that gas hydrate dissolution in the GHSZ may generate excess pore pressure and to point out the risk related to hydrate dissolution at the top of the GHOZ. |
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Palavras-chave: Pore pressure; Hydrate; Dissolution; Dissociation. |
Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-2318.pdf |
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Sultan, Nabil. |
In the IODP 372A proposal, working hypotheses used with respect to actively deforming gas hydrate‐bearing landslides were based on an initial calculation considering gas hydrate to occur in fresh water. This initial inaccuracy leads to predict the base of methane hydrate stability zone (MHSZ) to be at around 162 meters below the seafloor (mbsf) at site U1517 while it is expected to be between 85 and 128 mbsf. It is most interesting that important negative chloride anomalies were measured well below the theoretical MHSZ without direct evidence of the presence of gas hydrate. These anomalies are usually a strong indication of gas hydrate occurrence. This initial inaccurate hypothesis provides the opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of the indirect... |
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Palavras-chave: Hikurangi; Hydrate; IODP; Salinity. |
Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00628/74043/73389.pdf |
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Sultan, Nabil; Cattaneo, Antonio; Sibuet, Jean-claude; Schneider, Jean-luc. |
The swath bathymetric data acquired during the "Sumatra Aftershocks" cruise from the Sunda trench in the Indian Ocean to the north of the Sumatra Island imaged several scars and deposits. In situ pore pressure measurements using the Ifremer piezometer and coring demonstrate that high excess pore pressure and sediment deformation was generated by a recent event in the scar of the slope failure zone identified by J.T. Henstock and co-authors. This excess pore pressure is localized in the upper sedimentary layers and is not related to an interplate subduction process. Numerical simulations of the hydrological system that take into account the hydro-mechanical properties of the upper sediment layer show that the excess pore pressure and sediment deformations... |
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Palavras-chave: Tsunami; Sumatra; Slope failure; Pore pressure; Earthquake. |
Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2009/publication-6740.pdf |
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Marsset, Bruno; Menut, Eric; Ker, Stephan; Thomas, Yannick; Regnault, Jean-pierre; Leon, Pierre; Martinossi, Henri; Artzner, Laurent; Chenot, Damien; Dentrecolas, Stephane; Spychalski, B.; Mellier, G.; Sultan, Nabil. |
High Resolution (220–1050 Hz) seismic acquisition performed in deep water using deep-towed systems provides unrivalled lateral resolution when compared to conventional surface seismic. The lateral resolution of these acquisitions is controlled by the width of the first Fresnel zone, taking advantage of their positions close to the sea bottom. No current existing deep towed equipment can benefit from seismic imaging processing techniques to improve this resolution as a consequence of positioning inaccuracies. The technological developments of a digital deep-towed multichannel streamer are presented with a particular attention to positioning: each hydrophone incorporates a pitch, roll and heading sensor in order to monitor the constant deformation of the... |
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Palavras-chave: Deep-towed seismics; Multichannel streamer; Seismic imaging. |
Ano: 2014 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00206/31745/35690.pdf |
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Sultan, Nabil; Riboulot, Vincent; Ker, Stephan; Marsset, Bruno; Geli, Louis; Tary, Jean-baptiste; Klingelhoefer, Frauke; Voisset, Michel; Lanfumey, Valentine; Colliat, Jean-louis; Adamy, Jerome; Grimaud, S.. |
Gas hydrates were recovered by coring at the eastern border of a shale-cored anticline in the eastern Niger Delta. To characterize the link between faults and fluid release and to identify the role of fluid flow in the gas hydrate dynamics, three piezometers were deployed for periods ranging from 387 to 435 days. Two of them were deployed along a major fault linked to a shallow hydrocarbon reservoir while the third monitored the fluid pressure in a pockmark aligned above the same major fault. In addition, 10 ocean-bottom seismometers (OBS) were deployed for around 60 days. The piezometers simultaneously registered a prolonged fluid flow event lasting 90 days. During this time, OBS measurements record several episodic fluid release events. By combining and... |
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Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00060/17106/14624.pdf |
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Sultan, Nabil; Cochonat, Pierre; Foucher, Jean-paul; Mienert, J. |
We present a theoretical study of the thermodynamic chemical equilibrium of gas hydrate in soil by taking into account the influence of temperature, pressure, pore water chemistry, and the mean pore size distribution. The model uses a new formulation based on the enthalpy form of the law of conservation of energy. The developed model shows that due to a temperature and pressure increase, hydrates may dissociate at the top of the hydrate occurrence zone to ensure a chemical equilibrium with the surrounding bulk water. This original result confirms what has been already shown through experiments. The second part of the paper presents an application of the model through a back-analysis of the giant Storegga Slide on the Norwegian margin. Two of the most... |
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Palavras-chave: Storegga; Slope failure; GLE; Finite difference; Methane hydrate. |
Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2004/publication-699.pdf |
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Lu, Zhengquan; Sultan, Nabil. |
A series of empirical expressions for predicting gas hydrate stability, its volume fraction out of pore space and gas hydrate mass-density were established in different systems in consideration of gas composition (CH4, C2H6, H2S) and salinity (NaCl, seawater), and pore size at temperature between 273.15 and 300 K, based on our gas hydrate thermodynamic model (Sultan et al., 2004b, c). Six of the developed expressions for predicting gas hydrate stability were validated against the available published experimental data and they were also compared with other models. At temperature 273.15 to 290.15 K, the ARDPs (Average Relative Deviation of Pressures between the prediction and the experimental data) have shown that these empirical expressions are in agreement... |
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Palavras-chave: Empirical expressions; Mass density; Fraction out of pore space; Stability law; Gas hydrate. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-4958.pdf |
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Sultan, Nabil; Cochonat, Pierre; Bourillet, Jean-francois; Cayocca, Florence. |
This article presents a methodology developed to evaluate the instability of submarine slopes that extend over a large area. Special attention was paid to (1) the complex geometry (bathymetry) and the expanse of the slope, (2) the heterogeneity of the sediment, and (3) the distribution of the pore pressure. The safety factor was considered as a spatially varying quantity. The General Formulation (GLE, Fredlund and Krahn 1977), which fully satisfies equilibrium conditions, was used for evaluating the stability of the marine slope. The submarine slope failure, which occurred on 16 October 1979 during the construction of the new Nice airport, was studied in order to test the developed model. Geotechnical parameters were taken from experimental tests carried... |
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Palavras-chave: Shear strength; Slope stability; Safety factor; Marine sediment; Finite element; Finite difference; Failure. |
Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2001/publication-698.pdf |
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Blouin, Arthur; Imbert, Patrice; Sultan, Nabil; Callot, Jean-paul. |
The morphology of mud volcanoes (MV) has been extensively studied over the last few decades. Although recent research has begun to focus on deep processes and structures, little is known about mud generation mechanisms. This study aims to investigate the feeder system and formation of an active kilometer‐scale MV by relying on a 3‐D seismic survey and an in‐situ dataset on the Absheron anticline (South Caspian Basin). Seismic data show a depleted area in the Anhydritic Surakhany Formation (ASF), whose mineralogical composition fits with surface mud. Well data show that the ASF is a succession of evaporitic beds and low temperature shales near its fracture pressure. Biostratigraphic analysis confirms a Pliocene origin for the mud, suggesting that the ASF... |
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Palavras-chave: Mud volcano; Pore pressure; Methane; Modeling; Seismic. |
Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00481/59304/62057.pdf |
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