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| Gaudin, Mathieu; Berne, Serge; Jouanneau, J.-m.; Palanques, A; Puig, P; Mulder, T; Cirac, P; Rabineau, Marina; Imbert, P. |
| Nowadays, the Gulf of Lions continental shelf and slope are under the influence of dense water cascading, wind-induced bottom currents and the geostrophic Northern Current. In order to characterize sedimentary activity at the shelf break, several interface and piston cores were taken in the Bourcart canyon head and a current meter equipped with temperature, conductivity, pressure and turbidity sensors was moored during the 2003-2004 winter season. Even if the canyon is not connected directly to continental sources since Last Glacial Maximum, detailed grain size, X-ray and sediment facies analysis of interface cores show that down to 350 m water depth, the canyon head is blanketed by up to 1.5 m of structureless muddy medium-grained sand. 210 Pb-exc... |
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Palavras-chave: Pb 210exc activity; Sand deposits; Cascading; Submarine canyon. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-2324.pdf |
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| Palanques, A; Diaz, Ji; Farran, M. |
| The Gulf of Cadiz has been affected by contamination from terrestrial mining activities (copper and pyrites) since the times of the Tartesians and Romans. This activity has drastically increased during the past century. Industries implanted during recent decades have supplied another input of contaminants to the marine system. Most of the contaminants are discharged into rivers or in the littoral area, but some contaminated industrial waste was dumped on the continental slope from ships until 1990. Sediment from the continental margin has been sampled to study the heavy metal contamination on the sea bed. The strongest heavy metal anomalies were detected on the continental shelf near the mouths of the Guadiana and Tinto-Odiel Rivers and on the continental... |
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| Ano: 1995 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00097/20791/18415.pdf |
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| Gremare, A; Amouroux, Jm; Cauwet, G; Charles, F; Courties, C; De Bovee, F; Dinet, A; Devenon, Jean-luc; Durrieu De Madron, X; Ferre, B; Fraunie, P; Joux, F; Lantoine, F; Lebaron, P; Naudin, Jj; Palanques, A; Pujo-pay, M; Zudaire, L. |
| A survey involving both permanent mooring and high frequency sampling was carried in the Bay of Banyuls-sur-Mer during the fall of 1999 to assess the effect of strong and unpredictable meteorological events on the functioning of a coastal Mediterranean ecosystem. A severe winter storm took place on 12 November, which generated waves with a significant height of 7 m and a sea surface rise of about 0.5 m. The near-bottom current speed at 24 m reached 30 cm s(-1). This storm induced a significant increase in total suspended matter through resuspension and then a subsequent increase in gross sedimentation rates. It also resulted in an increase of the proportion of refractory particulate organic matter in the water column. It also tended to increase nutrient... |
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Palavras-chave: Impact à une tempête; Méditerranée nord-occidentale; Ecosystème côtier; Impact of storm; NW Mediterranean Sea; Coastal ecosystem. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00321/43265/42996.pdf |
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