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Fontanier, Christophe; Koho, K. A.; Goni-urriza, M. S.; Deflandre, Bruno; Galaup, S.; Ivanovsky, A.; Gayet, Nicolas; Dennielou, Bernard; Gremare, Antoine; Bichon, S.; Gassie, C.; Anschutz, P.; Duran, R.; Reichart, G. J.. |
We present ecological and isotopic (δ18O and δ13C) data on benthic foraminifera sampled from 4 deep-sea stations in a pockmark field from the deep-water Niger delta (Gulf of Guinea, Equatorial Atlantic Ocean). In addition, a series of sedimentological and (bio)geochemical data are shown to back up foraminiferal observations. All stations are located within 1.2 km of each other, so prevailing oceanographic conditions can be assumed to be similar at each site. Two of the sites (GMMC-01 and GMMC-02) are located in a pockmark (named “pockmark A”) where current methane seepages were recorded by ROV observations. A third station (GMMC-03) is located in the topographic depression interpreted as a collapsed pockmark (named “pockmark B”). The fourth site (GMMC-04)... |
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Palavras-chave: Niger delta; Hydrate pockmark; Foraminifera; Stable isotopes; Bacteria. |
Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00211/32194/30628.pdf |
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Bayon, Germain; Henderson, Gideon M.; Etoubleau, Joel; Caprais, Jean-claude; Ruffine, Livio; Marsset, Tania; Dennielou, Bernard; Cauquil, Eric; Voisset, Michel; Sultan, Nabil. |
The application of uranium-thorium dating methods to authigenic carbonates provides unique constraints on the temporal evolution of methane seeps at ocean margins. In this study, we report U-Th isotope measurements for carbonate breccias collected from within a hydrate-bearing pockmark located at the Niger Delta margin. These concretions were extracted from a carbonate-rich layer in the upper two meters of a sediment core (N2-KS-44; ~ 1200 m water depth), well above the present-day sulphate-methane transition zone (about 3 m depth) and the presence of gas hydrates in the sediment. The stratigraphy of core N2-KS-44 was established by tuning its downcore Al/Ti profile to a well-dated nearby reference core, and carbonate 230Th/U ages were calculated using... |
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Palavras-chave: Gas hydrates; Pockmarks; U-series; Authigenic carbonates; Niger delta. |
Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00286/39708/41518.pdf |
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