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| Mojtahid, Meryem; Jorissen, Frans; Durrieu, Josiane; Galgani, Francois; Howa, Helene; Redois, Fabrice; Camps, Roger. |
| We present a study of benthic foraminiferal. faunas from the outer continental shelf off Congo (tropical West Africa), with the aim to determine the impact of the discharge of oily drill cuttings on the sea floor environment, to judge the regenerating capacity of the benthic ecosystem, and to investigate the possibility to develop an environmental monitoring method for open marine continental shelf environments, based on benthic foraminifera. We studied the spatial distribution and microhabitats of living and dead foraminiferal faunas, sampled in April 2003, 4 years after the end of disposal activities, in the upper 3 cm of the sediment at 9 stations (about 180 m depth) offshore Congo, that were subject to various degrees of pollution by oily cuttings from... |
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Palavras-chave: Oily cuttings; Opportunistic taxa; Drill mud; Bio indicator; Eutrophication; Outer shelf; Benthic foraminifera. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-2170.pdf |
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| Dennielou, Bernard; Jallet, Laurent; Sultan, Nabil; Jouet, Gwenael; Giresse, Pierre; Voisset, Michel; Berne, Serge. |
| Emplacement of post-glacial turbidites is commonly controlled by rapid changes in sea level or by seismicity. On the continental rise of the Gulf of Lions (Western Mediterranean), an aseismic area, we identified turbiditic beds deposited during the rising stage and highstand of sea level. Swath bathymetry, sediment cores, in situ Cone Penetrating Tests (CPTU), heavy mineral associations and radiocarbon dating determined the source, composition, distribution and age of the turbiditic beds. Turbidites are composed of homogeneous to positively graded silts to medium sand with quartz (up to 90%), shell debris and shelfal benthic faunas. Their distribution on the sea floor is very patchy and controlled by abundant inherited erosional bedforms. Their source is... |
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Palavras-chave: Holocene; Late Pleistocene; Sea level; Turbidites; Sand; Outer shelf; Canyons. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2009/publication-6316.pdf |
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| Bassetti, Maria-angela; Jouet, Gwenael; Dufois, Francois; Berne, Serge; Rabineau, Marina; Taviani, M. |
| The outer continental shelf of the Gulf of Lions is covered by thick, mainly regressive, sand deposits. A combination of seismic, sedimentological and geochronological methods allows us to demonstrate that a veneer of transgressive sand bodies, few m to less than 1 m thick, reworks these deposits. They take the form of sand ridges and transverse dunes that formed at different periods. In fact, the low-gradient outer shelf of the Gulf of Lions displays a complete record of deglacial history, including not only transgressive deposits that formed during sea-level rise, but also bedfonns that still evolve under episodic high-energy events that occur under more highstand conditions. Core lithology, C-14 dates and regional sea-level curve suggest that the... |
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Palavras-chave: Gulf of Lions; Sand transport; Deglacial transgression; Outer shelf; Sand ridges. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-2321.pdf |
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