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| Tallobre, Cédric; Giresse, Pierre; Bassetti, Maria-angela; Loncke, Lies; Bayon, Germain; Buscail, Roselyne; Tudryn, Alina; Zaragosi, Sébastien. |
| The Demerara Plateau is a marginal plateau which forms a bathymetric relief on the sea floor. Here, contourite deposits have been studied in detail, following the recent discovery of contourite sequences likely related to the bottom currents and linked both to contour current and peculiar sea-floor morphology. A chronostratigraphic framework, based on δ18O relative variations and palaeomagnetic events in sediment cores allows correlating sediment processes to current intensity changes and major climate phases (glacial or interglacial). The studied sediments are enriched in glauconitic grains. In addition, the glauconite mineralogical maturity can easily correlate to low sedimentation rate and slightly energetic bottom currents on the seafloor. Based on... |
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Palavras-chave: Marginal plateau; Contourite; Glauconite; Demerara plateau. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00485/59665/62724.pdf |
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| Pattier, France; Loncke, L.; Imbert, Patrice; Gaullier, V.; Basile, C.; Maillard, Alexandre; Roest, Walter; Patriat, Martin; Vendeville, B. C.; Marsset, Tania; Bayon, Germain; Cathalot, Cecile; Caprais, Jean-claude; Bermell, Sylvain; Sotin, Christine; Hebert, Bertil; Mercier De Lepinay, Marion; Lebrun, J. F.; Marcaillou, B.; Heuret, A.; Droz, Laurence; Graindorge, David; Poetisi, E.; Berrenstein, H.. |
| The Demerara plateau, located offshore French Guiana and Suriname, is part of a passive transform continental margin particularly prone to develop slope instabilities, probably in relation to the presence of a free distal border along its steep continental slope. Slope failure occurred at different periods (Cretaceous to Neogene) and shows an overall retrogressive evolution through time. Upslope these failure headscarp, an enigmatic regional MioPliocene unconformity has been discovered through the interpretation of new academic and industrial datasets. The aim of this work is to describe and understand the origin of this surface. Our analysis shows that this unconformity is made of a series of valleys that cross-cut sedimentary strata. Each one of these... |
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Palavras-chave: Unconformity; Hydrate pockmark; Slide; Contourite; Valley; Canyon; Demerara plateau. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00271/38193/36735.pdf |
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