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Popescu, Irina; De Batist, Marc; Lericolais, Gilles; Nouze, Herve; Poort, Jeffrey; Panin, Nicolae; Versteeg, Wim; Gillet, Herve. |
A previously unknown pattern of multiple bottom-simulating reflections (BSRs) occurs on high-resolution reflection seismic data in the Danube deep-sea fan, associated with acoustic features indicating free gas. Our study provides evidence that this pattern is developed in relation with the architecture of distinct channel-levee systems of the Danube fan. Channel-levee systems hosting multiple BSRs act as relatively sealed gas-bearing systems whose top is situated above the base of the gas hydrate stability zone (BGHSZ). Inside these systems, free gas accumulates below the BGHSZ under a combined lithological, structural and stratigraphical control. The uppermost BSR marks the current equilibrium BGHSZ, for a gas composition of more than 99% methane.... |
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Palavras-chave: Black Sea; Deep sea fan; Seismic data; Gas; Gas hydrates; Bottom simulating reflections. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-1210.pdf |
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Cattaneo, Antonio; Badhani, Shray; Caradonna, Cristina; Bellucci, Massimo; Leroux, Estelle; Babonneau, Nathalie; Garziglia, Sebastien; Poort, Jeffrey; Akhmanov, Grigorii G.; Bayon, Germain; Dennielou, Bernard; Jouet, Gwenael; Migeon, Sebastien; Rabineau, Marina; Droz, Laurence; Clare, Michael. |
Megabeds are thick sedimentary layers extending over thousands square kilometres in deep sea basins and are thought to result from large slope failures triggered by major external events. Such deposits have been found in at least three areas of the Mediterranean Sea. Although their discovery dates back to the early 1980s, many questions remain, concerning their initiation, source area, extent, and the nature of their emplacement. One of the largest previously documented megabeds was emplaced during the Last Glacial Maximum across the Balearic Abyssal Plain with a thickness of 8-10 m in water depths of up to 2800 m. New 3.5 kHz sub-bottom profiles and sediment cores provide greater constraint on the lateral variability of the megabed and allow to map it... |
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Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00614/72597/71595.pdf |
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Leroux, Estelle; Rabineau, Marina; Aslanian, Daniel; Gorini, Christian; Molliex, Stephane; Bache, Francois; Robin, Cecile; Droz, Laurence; Moulin, Maryline; Poort, Jeffrey; Rubino, Jean-loup; Suc, Jean-pierre. |
Basin-wide correlation of Messinian units and Plio-Quaternary chronostratigraphic markers (5.3 Ma, 2.6 Ma, 0.9 Ma and 0.45 Ma), the mapping of total sediment thickness and the determination of overall sedimentary volumes enabled us to provide a high-resolution quantitative history of sediment volumes for the last 6 Ma along the Gulf of Lions margin. The results point to (i) a dramatic increase in terrigenous sediment input during the Messinian Salinity Crisis. This increased sedimentation reflects enhanced regional fluvial erosion related to the dramatic fall of Mediterranean base-level. Stronger weathering due to a regional wetter climate probably also increased erosional fluxes. (ii) A sediment input three times higher during the Plio-Quaternary compared... |
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Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00310/42087/41520.pdf |
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Poort, Jeffrey; Lucazeau, Francis; Le Gal, Virginie; Dal Cin, Michaela; Leroux, Estelle; Bouzid, Abderrezak; Rabineau, Marina; Palomino, Désirée; Battani, Anne; Akhmanov G., Grigory; Ferrante G., Matilde; Gafurova R., Dina; Si Bachir, Roza; Koptev, Alexander; Tremblin, Maxime; Bellucci, Massimo; Pellen, Romain; Camerlenghi, Angelonghi; Migeon, Sebastien; Alonso, Belen; Ercilla, Gemma; Yelles-chaouche A., Karim; Khlystov M., Oleg. |
The Western Mediterranean basin has been formed by Miocene back-arc extension and is underlain by a thin and young lithosphere. This young lithosphere is warm, as testified by an overall elevated offshore heat flow. Heat flow within the Western Mediterranean is, however, highly variable and existing data are unevenly distributed and poorly studied in the central part of the Liguro-Provençal and Algero-Balearic basins. This central part is floored by a young oceanic crust, bordered by different continental margins, cut by transform faults, and filled by up to 8 km of sediments. We present a total of 148 new heat flow data collected during the MedSalt and WestMedFlux cruises in 2015 and 2016 and aligned along seven regional profiles that show an important... |
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Palavras-chave: Heat flow; Western Mediterranean Sea; Liguro-Provencal basin; Algero-Balearic basin; Continental margins; Oceanic crust. |
Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00588/70052/67992.pdf |
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