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Provedor de dados: | 5
País: | France
Título: | ROV study of a giant pockmark on the Gabon continental margin
Autores: | Ondreas, Helene; Olu, Karine; Fouquet, Yves; Charlou, Jean-luc; Gay, Aurelien; Dennielou, Bernard; Donval, Jean-pierre; Fifis, Alexis; Nadalig, Thierry; Cochonat, Pierre; Cauquil, E; Bourillet, Jean-francois; Le Moigne, Morgan; Sibuet, Myriam.
Data: | 2005-11
Ano: | 2005
Palavras-chave: | Gabon; Microbathymetric map; ROV; Exploration; Pockmark; Equatorial African margin.
Resumo: | A giant, 800-m wide pockmark, called Regab, was discovered along the Equatorial African margin at 3160-m water depth and was explored by remote operated vehicle (ROV) as part of the Zaiango (1998-2000) and Biozaire (2001-2003) projects carried out conjointly by TOTAL and a number of French research institutes. A microbathymetric map obtained using the ROV sensors shows that the pockmark actually consists of a cluster of smaller pockmarks aligned N70 along a 15-m deep depression. Methane was recorded all over the pockmark, the highest values along the axis of the depression where massive carbonate crusts and dense seep communities were also found. Several faunal species belong to the Vesicomyidae and Mytilidae bivalve families, as well as to Siboglinidae (Vestimentifera) tubeworms. Preliminary analyses confirm their association with symbiotic bacteria, thus documenting their dependence on fluid seeps. The pockmark appears to be related to an infilled channel, visible on the seismic data 300 in below the seafloor, which may act as a reservoir for biogenic fluids supplied to the trap from the surrounding sediments.
Tipo: | Text
Idioma: | Inglês

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http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2005/publication-1239.pdf

DOI:10.1007/s00367-005-0213-6

Editor: | Springer
Relação: | http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/1239/
Formato: | application/pdf
Fonte: | Geo-Marine Letters (0276-0460) (Springer), 2005-11 , Vol. 25 , N. 5 , P. 281-292
Fonte: | 2005 Springer. Science+Business Media